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City of Life and Death

7.4(250)20092h 12m4

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$12M
Box office
$10.7M
Language
German
  • war crimes
  • mass murder
  • war victim
  • second sino-japanese war (1937-45)
  • massacre
  • japanese army
  • duringcreditsstinger
  • imperial japan
  • nanking massacre china 1937
  • 1930s
  • nanjing
  • japanese occupation of china

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Lu Chuan

Writers

Lu Chuan

Produced in

China, Hong Kong

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR1 Oct 2009
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1815 Apr 2010
  • CanadaCA

    • TheatricalPG10 Sept 2009
  • ChinaCN

    • Theatrical+1822 Apr 2009
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical21 Jul 2010
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1611 Oct 2010
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical28 Jan 2010
  • IrelandIE

    • Digital / OTT15A16 Apr 2010
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Physical16DVD21 Jul 2011
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical9 Apr 2010
  • SwedenSE

    • Physical15DVD & Blu-ray release5 Jan 2011

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City of Life and Death was released on 22 April 2009.

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