Product Information
Within the scope of Asian history, few events carry the ugly and sickening connotations of the Rape of Nanking. Japanese forces invaded that Chinese city on December 9, 1937, and in the six weeks to follow, soldiers raped thousands of women and annihilated hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. Director Lu Chuan directs this black-and-white docudrama account of that horrifying six-week period, with the benefit of an ensemble cast that includes Hideo Nakaizumi as a conscience-stricken Japanese soldier, Fan Wei as the aid to a German humanitarian worker, and Gao Yuanyuan as the head of a refugee camp. Lu relays the events directly and straightforwardly, with a careful avoidance of sensationalism and excessive sentimentality, and uses the chronicle to meditate on the insanity of war for all of those involved.Product Identifiers
ProducerLu Chuan
EAN5022153100883
eBay Product ID (ePID)102138194
Product Key Features
ActorWei Fan, Hideo Nakaizumi, Liu Ye, Yuanyuan Gao
Film/TV TitleCity of Life and Death
DirectorLu Chuan
LanguageChinese
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time135 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2010
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen, With Subtitles
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureChina
ScreenwriterLu Chuan
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleCity Of Life And Death
Consumer AdviceContains strong battle violence and sexual violence