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City of Life and Death

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City of Life and Death is a 2009 Chinese drama film written and directed by Lu Chuan, marking his third feature film. The film deals with the Battle of Nanjing and the following massacre committed by the Japanese army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The film is also known as Nanking! Nanking! or Nanjing! Nanjing!. The film was released in China on April 22, 2009, and became a major box office success in the country, earning CN¥150 million (approximately US$20 million) in its first two and a half weeks alone.

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2009 · 2h 12m · Drama · History · War

TMDB 7.4/10 (244 votes)

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.

Directed by Lu Chuan

Box office $11M worldwide

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Lu ChuanDirector

Liu Yeas Lu Jianxiong

Gao Yuanyuanas Miss Jiang

Hideo Nakaizumias Kadokawa

John Paisleyas John Rabe

Beverly Peckousas Minnie Vautrin

Fan Weias Mr. Tang

Qin Lanas Mrs. Tang

Ryu Kohataas Officer Osamu Ida

Jiang Yiyanas 'Xiao Jiang' Jiang Xiangjun

Yao Dias 'May' Zhou Xiaomei

Yisui Zhaoas Shunzi

Sam Voutasas Durdin

Aisling Dunneas Doctor

Junichi Kajiokaas Mr. Tomita

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City of Life and Death is a 2009 Chinese drama film written and directed by Lu Chuan, marking his third feature film. The film deals with the Battle of Nanjing and the following massacre committed by the Japanese army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The film is also known as Nanking! Nanking! or Nanjing! Nanjing!. The film was released in China on April 22, 2009, and became a major box office success in the country, earning CN¥150 million (approximately US$20 million) in its first two and a half weeks alone.