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City of Life and Death

Where:

🇨🇳 China

When:

The 1930s The 1940s

City of Life and Death takes place in 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Imperial Japanese Army has just captured the then-capital of the Republic of China, Nanjing. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a period of several weeks wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed.

Released in 2009 — 132 minutes

Genres:

Drama History War

Languages:

English German Japanese Mandarin