City of Life and Death

2h 12min

Drama

History

War

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.

Production Companies

China Film Group Corporation

Media Asia Films

Stellar Megamedia

Jiangsu Broadcasting

Chuan Production Film Studio

Cast

Liu Ye

Liu Ye

Lu Jianxiong
Gao Yuanyuan

Gao Yuanyuan

Miss Jiang
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

Jiang Xiang Jun / Xiao Jiang
Yao Di

Yao Di

Zhou Xiaomei / May
Junichi Kajioka

Junichi Kajioka

Mr. Tomita
Asano Nagahide

Asano Nagahide

Higashiguchi
Kai Wang

Kai Wang

Tang Family Nanny
Liu Bin

Liu Bin

Xiao Dou

Release date

22nd Apr 2009

Status

Released

Spoken languages

普通话, 日本語, English, Deutsch