City of Life and Death
2009 · Movie · 132 min. · China
Year 1937. Japanese troops have entered China's temporary capital, where their cruel occupation will be known as "The Rape of Nanjing." Shot in wide lens black-and-white, the film alternates Japanese and Chinese points of view to brush a compelling and impressionist portrait of the day-to-day living conditions in the devastated city and recount the minute ethical dilemmas demanded by surviving in wartime.
Direction Lu Chuan
Cast Ye Liu · Gao Yuanyuan · Hideo Nakaizumi · Fan Wei · Ryu Kohata · Qin Lan · Jiang Yiyan · Zhao Yisui · Yao Di · John Paisley · Yuko Miyamoto · Liu Bin · Beverly Peckous · Sam Voutas · Asano Nagahide · Junichi Kajioka
Soundtrack Liu Tong
Screenplay Lu Chuan
Original title City of Life and Death (Nanjing! Nanjing!)
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