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City of Life and Death is a 2009 Chinese drama film written and directed by Lu Chuan, marking his third feature film. The film deals with the Battle of Nanjing and the following massacre committed by the Japanese army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The film is also known as Nanking!
Apr 22, 2009 · City of Life and Death: Directed by Chuan Lu. With Ye Liu, Yuanyuan Gao, Wei Fan, Lan Qin. In 1937, Japan occupied Nanjing, the Chinese capital. There was a battle and subsequent atrocities against the inhabitants, especially those who took refuge in the International Security Zone.
Apr 21, 2021 · 689K views 3 years ago. Nanjing Massacre - Wikipedia： https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing... In December 1937, marked by the fall of Nanjing (Nanking), the capital of China, it declared ...more.
May 10, 2011 · “City of Life and Death” portrays the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians tortured and killed during the mass butchery known as the Rape of Nanjing.
City of Life and Death. The stories of a conflicted Japanese soldier (Hideo Nakaizumi) and a Chinese officer (Ye Liu) draw attention to the atrocities committed by Japanese forces during the 1937...
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After some commanders of the National Revolutionary Army flee Nanking, a Chinese soldier Lieutenant Lu Jianxiong (Liu Ye) and his comrade-in-arms Shunzi (Gao Yuanyuan) attempt to stop a group of deserting troops from leaving the city, but as they exit the gates, they are captured by Japanese forces that have surrounded the city.
Based on recorded witness testimony from real-life survivors, City of Life and Death is a stunning depiction of the Rape of Nanking, meticulously recreating the infamous reign of terror conducted by the occupying Japanese army in the Chinese capital in 1937.
May 11, 2011 · Shot in dazzling black-and-white Cinemascope, City of Life and Death is a visionary re-telling of one of the most horrific chapters in modern Asian history, and an unforgettable masterpiece of contemporary world cinema.
Oct 1, 2009 · 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. Director, Writer.
