Movie poster for City of Life and Death
TMDb Rating
7.4/10

231 verified votes

City of Life and Death (2009)

DramaHistoryWar
132 min

Plot Summary

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

Lu Chuan

Top Cast

Liu YeGao YuanyuanHideo NakaizumiJohn PaisleyBeverly Peckous

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