Bibliograph

City of life and death, Beijing Film Studio, China Film Group

Type

Label

City of life and death, Beijing Film Studio, China Film Group

Language

chi

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; wartime violence and atrocities including sexual assault, and for some sexuality and brief nudity

Main title

City of life and death南京! 南京!

Medium

DVD[videorecording] /

Oclc number

745481175

Responsibility statement

Beijing Film Studio, China Film Group中國電影集團公司北京電影製片廠 ... [et al.]出品 ; 出品人, 韓三平 ... [et al.] ; 製片人, 覃宏 ; 編劇導演, 陸川 = City of life and death / Beijing Film Studio, China Film Group Corporation ... [et al.] ; produced by Han Sanping ... [et al.] ; producer, Qin Hong ; written & directed by Lu Chuan

Runtime

135

Summary

On December 9, 1937, the Imperial Japanese Army laid siege to the Chinese capital of Nanking, beginning a reign of terror that killed as many as 300,000 civilians, an infamous tragedy now referred to as the Rape of Nanking. The first big-budget fiction film by the Chinese to deal with the seminal event, City of Life and Death is a visceral, heartbreaking portrait of life during wartime

Technique

live action

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