

Plot Summary
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 & Crew
Lu Chuan
Director
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It has an IMDb rating of 7.4/10 based on 237 votes.
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City of Life and Death was directed by Lu Chuan and released in 2009.
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City of Life and Death has a runtime of 2 hours and 12 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 2009-04-22
- Budget
- $12.0M
- Box Office
- $10.7M
- Status
- Released

















