City of Life and Death (2009)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
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.
- Released: 2009-04-22
- Genres: Drama, History, War
- Runtime: 2h 12m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10 from 248 votes
Directed by Lu Chuan.
Top cast
- Liu Ye as Lu Jianxiong
- Gao Yuanyuan as Miss Jiang
- Hideo Nakaizumi as Kadokawa
- John Paisley as John Rabe
- Beverly Peckous as Minnie Vautrin
- Fan Wei as Mr. Tang
- Qin Lan as Mrs. Tang
- Ryu Kohata as Officer Osamu Ida
- Jiang Yiyan as 'Xiao Jiang' Jiang Xiangjun
- Yao Di as 'May' Zhou Xiaomei
Where to watch City of Life and Death
- United States: watch free on Kanopy
- United Kingdom: watch free on Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Amazon MX Player; rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video
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