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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.
City of Life and Death is a film that explores themes of war crimes, mass murder, war victim. It also touches on second sino-japanese war (1937-45) and massacre and japanese army.
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Director
Lu Chuan
Cast
Liu Ye, Gao Yuanyuan, Hideo Nakaizumi, John Paisley, Beverly Peckous, Fan Wei, Qin Lan, Ryu Kohata, Jiang Yiyan, Yao Di
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City of Life and Death
You can watch City of Life and Death (2009) for free on Kanopy.
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7.4/10
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92%
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Director
Lu Chuan
Cast
Liu Ye, Gao Yuanyuan, Hideo Nakaizumi, John Paisley, Beverly Peckous, Fan Wei, Qin Lan, Ryu Kohata, Jiang Yiyan, Yao Di
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war crimes · mass murder · war victim · second sino-japanese war (1937-45) · massacre · japanese army · imperial japan · nanking massacre china 1937 · 1930s · nanjing
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