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City of Life and Death(Movie, 2009)

Original title: "南京!南京!" (Chinese (Mandarin)/ZH)
2h 12min | Genres: Drama, History, War
City of Life and DeathRating: 3.7/5 (with 9393 votes)
City of Life and Death is a 2009 Chinese drama film written and directed by Lu Chuan, marking his third feature film. The film deals with the Battle of Nanjing and the following massacre committed by the Japanese army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The film is also known as Nanking! Nanking! or Nanjing! Nanjing!. The film was released in China on April 22, 2009, and became a major box office success in the country, earning CN¥150 million (approximately US$20 million) in its first two and a half weeks alone. ()
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About City of Life and Death

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.

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Additional Information

Production countries: People's Republic of China, Hong Kong
Plays in: Nanjing
Original language: Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Spoken languages: German (DE), English (EN), Japanese (JA), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Translated into 19 languages: German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date GR: 01/28/2010 (World premiere: 04/22/2009)
Director: Lu Chuan
Screenwriter: Lu Chuan
Director of Photography: Cao Yu
Composer: Liu Tong
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"南京！南京！"
"Ciudad de vida y muerte"
"なんきん！なんきん！"
"Nanking Nanking"
"Byen mellom liv og død"
"Miasto zycia i smierci"
"Nanjing! Nanjing!"
"Nanking! Nanking!"
Budget: 12,000,000 USD
Revenue: 10,652,498 USD (= 89%)

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