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City of Life and Death
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Title: City of Life and Death

Release Date: 22 Apr 2009

Runtime: 2h 12m

Genre: Drama, History, War

Director: China Film Group Corporation, Media Asia, Stellar Megamedia, Jiangsu Broadcasting, Chuan Production Film Studio

Production Companies: China Film Group Corporation, Media Asia, Stellar Megamedia, Jiangsu Broadcasting, Chuan Production Film Studio

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 7.4 (216 votes)

Cast

  • Lu Jianxiong: Ye Liu
  • Miss Jiang: Gao Yuanyuan
  • Kadokawa: Hideo Nakaizumi
  • John Rabe: John Paisley
  • Minnie Vautrin: Beverly Peckous
  • Mr. Tang: Fan Wei
  • Mrs. Tang: Qin Lan
  • Officer Osamu Ida: Ryu Kohata
  • Jiang Xiang Jun / Xiao Jiang: Jiang Yiyan
  • Zhou Xiaomei / May: Yao Di
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