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. The film tells the story of several figures, both historical and fictional, including a Chinese soldier, a schoolteacher, a Japanese soldier, a foreign missionary, and John Rabe, a Nazi businessman who would ultimately save thousands of Chinese civilians.

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• Mar 24, 2013 1 of 1 episodes seen

  nayosh
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  • Overall  10
  • Story  10
  • Acting/Cast  10
  • Music  10
  • Rewatch Value  5

  this movie is not for weak hearts
  it made me cry
  gave me alot of thoughts about humanity & why would people make wars
  I just can't recommend it because it comes self torture at some point seeing all these sense of killing and much more
  I just respect it & if you enjoy melodramas you may want to watch a real melodrama here

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  The Flowers of War

  Both movies are based on infamous rape of Nanking, China by Japanese during second Sino-Japanese war in 1937.

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