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City of Life and Death(2009)
Status: Released
Date: 2009-04-22
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216 Votes
Time: 2h 12m
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.
Languages: Mandarin, Japanese, English, German.
Countries:
China,
Hong Kong
Budget: $12,000,000.00
Revenue: $10,652,498.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Stellar Megamedia
Jiangsu Broadcasting
Chuan Production Film Studio
Movie: City of Life and Death
Top 10 Billed Cast
刘烨
Lu Jianxiong
高圆圆
Miss Jiang
中泉英雄
Kadokawa
John Paisley
John Rabe
Beverly Peckous
Minnie Vautrin
范偉
Mr. Tang
秦嵐
Mrs. Tang
Ryu Kohata
Officer Osamu Ida
Jiang Yiyan
Jiang Xiang Jun / Xiao Jiang
Yao Di
Zhou Xiaomei / May
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