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Feature film — 2009

City of Life and Death (2009)

7.42h 12mDrama — History — War

In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a six week period wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed.

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A high-signal pick with 250 votes.

Media Asia Films / Stellar Megamedia / Jiangsu Broadcasting / Chuan Production Film Studio / China Film Group Corporation

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Director: Lu Chuan

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Cast & crew

Liu Ye as Lu Jianxiong

Liu Ye

Lu Jianxiong

Gao Yuanyuan as Miss Jiang

Gao Yuanyuan

Miss Jiang

Hideo Nakaizumi as Kadokawa

Hideo Nakaizumi

Kadokawa

John Paisley as John Rabe

John Paisley

John Rabe

Beverly Peckous as Minnie Vautrin

Beverly Peckous

Minnie Vautrin

Fan Wei as Mr. Tang

Fan Wei

Mr. Tang

Qin Lan as Mrs. Tang

Qin Lan

Mrs. Tang

Ryu Kohata as Officer Osamu Ida

Ryu Kohata

Officer Osamu Ida

Jiang Yiyan as 'Xiao Jiang' Jiang Xiangjun

Jiang Yiyan

'Xiao Jiang' Jiang Xiangjun

Yao Di as 'May' Zhou Xiaomei

Yao Di

'May' Zhou Xiaomei

Yisui Zhao as Shunzi

Yisui Zhao

Shunzi

Sam Voutas as Durdin

Sam Voutas

Durdin

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