City of Life and Death

2009 | 2h 12min | 7.4
City of Life and Death
7.4
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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.

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  • Director Lu Chuan
  • Year2009
  • StatusReleased
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City of Life and Death

2009 | 2h 12min
Drama | History | War
★ 7.4
MOVIEVIA.COM
PACING
3.7
Slow Fast
COMPLEXITY
5.0
Casual Mind-Bending
ATMOSPHERE
6.9
Light Dark
VISUALS
4.9
Raw / Indie Epic / CGI
DURINGCREDITSSTINGER • IMPERIAL JAPAN • JAPANESE ARMY

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