City of Life and Death

(2009)Directed by Lu Chuan132 min · RDrama, 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.

Liu Yeas Lu Jianxiong
Gao Yuanyuanas Miss Jiang
Hideo Nakaizumias Kadokawa
John Paisleyas John Rabe
Beverly Peckousas Minnie Vautrin
Fan Weias Mr. Tang
Qin Lanas Mrs. Tang
Ryu Kohataas Officer Osamu Ida
Jiang Yiyanas 'Xiao Jiang' Jiang Xiangjun
Yao Dias 'May' Zhou Xiaomei
Yisui Zhaoas Shunzi
Sam Voutasas Durdin
Aisling Dunneas Doctor
Junichi Kajiokaas Mr. Tomita
Asano Nagahideas Higashiguchi
Yuko Miyamotoas Yuriko
Kai Wangas Tang Family Nanny
Liu Binas Xiao Dou
Wang Jiahui
Asano Nagahide