City of Life and Death

City of Life and Death

2009•2h 12m•7.4/10

DramaHistoryWar

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🎬TMDb

7.4/10(234)

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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Production

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

Language

ZH

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Liu Ye

Liu Ye

Lu Jianxiong

Gao Yuanyuan

Gao Yuanyuan

Miss Jiang

Hideo Nakaizumi

Hideo Nakaizumi

Kadokawa

John Paisley

John Paisley

John Rabe

Beverly Peckous

Beverly Peckous

Minnie Vautrin

Fan Wei

Fan Wei

Mr. Tang

Qin Lan

Qin Lan

Mrs. Tang

Ryu Kohata

Ryu Kohata

Officer Osamu Ida

Jiang Yiyan

Jiang Yiyan

'Xiao Jiang' Jiang Xiangjun

Yao Di

Yao Di

'May' Zhou Xiaomei

Yisui Zhao

Yisui Zhao

Shunzi

Sam Voutas

Sam Voutas

Durdin

Aisling Dunne

Aisling Dunne

Doctor

Junichi Kajioka

Junichi Kajioka

Mr. Tomita

Asano Nagahide

Asano Nagahide

Higashiguchi

Yuko Miyamoto

Yuko Miyamoto

Yuriko

Kai Wang

Kai Wang

Tang Family Nanny

Liu Bin

Liu Bin

Xiao Dou

Wang Jiahui

Asano Nagahide

Asano Nagahide

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