

City of Life and Death
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2009-04-22 • 2h 12m
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.
- Directors
- Lu Chuan
- Writters
- Lu Chuan
- Editors
- Yun Teng

City of Life and Death
Visit website2009-04-22 • 2h 12m
7.4/10 • 217
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.
- Directors
- Lu Chuan
- Writters
- Lu Chuan
- Editors
- Yun Teng
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsLiu Ye
Lu Jianxiong
Gao Yuanyuan
Miss Jiang
Hideo Nakaizumi
Kadokawa
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John Rabe
Beverly Peckous
Minnie Vautrin
Fan Wei
Mr. Tang
Qin Lan
Mrs. Tang
Ryu Kohata
Officer Osamu Ida
Jiang Yiyan
Jiang Xiang Jun / Xiao Jiang
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- Chinese
- Budget
- $12,000,000.00
- Revenue
- $10,652,498.00
- Keywords
- war crimesmass murderwar victimsecond sino-japanese war (1937-45)massacrejapanese armyduringcreditsstingerimperial japannanking massacre china 19371930snanjingjapanese occupation of china