Poster for the movie City of Life and Death

City of Life and Death

2009 • 132 minutes
DramaHistoryWar

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.

Picture of Liu Ye

Liu Ye

Lu Jianxiong

Picture of Gao Yuanyuan

Gao Yuanyuan

Miss Jiang

Picture of Hideo Nakaizumi

Hideo Nakaizumi

Kadokawa

Picture of John Paisley

John Paisley

John Rabe

Picture of Beverly Peckous

Beverly Peckous

Minnie Vautrin

Picture of Fan Wei

Fan Wei

Mr. Tang

Picture of Qin Lan

Qin Lan

Mrs. Tang

Picture of Ryu Kohata

Ryu Kohata

Officer Osamu Ida

Picture of Jiang Yiyan

Jiang Yiyan

Jiang Xiang Jun / Xiao Jiang

Picture of Yao Di

Yao Di

Zhou Xiaomei / May

Picture of Yisui Zhao

Yisui Zhao

Shunzi

Picture of Sam Voutas

Sam Voutas

Durdin

Picture of Aisling Dunne

Aisling Dunne

Doctor

Picture of Junichi Kajioka

Junichi Kajioka

Mr. Tomita

Picture of Asano Nagahide

Asano Nagahide

Higashiguchi

Picture of Yuko Miyamoto

Yuko Miyamoto

Yuriko

Picture of Kai Wang

Kai Wang

Tang Family Nanny

Picture of Liu Bin

Liu Bin

Xiao Dou