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City of Life & Death
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City of Life & Death
Within the scope of Asian history, few events carry the ugly and sickening connotations of the Rape of Nanking. Japanese forces invaded that Chinese city on December 9, 1937, and in the six weeks to follow, soldiers raped thousands of women and annihilated hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. Director Lu Chuan directs this black-and-white docudrama account of that horrifying six-week period, with the benefit of an ensemble cast that includes Hideo Nakaizumi as a conscience-stricken Japanese soldier, Fan Wei as the aid to a German humanitarian worker, and Gao Yuanyuan as the head of a refugee camp. Lu relays the events directly and straightforwardly, with a careful avoidance of sensationalism and excessive sentimentality, and uses the chronicle to meditate on the insanity of war for all of those involved.
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| Language | Chinese (Cantonese) |
| Level | Advanced |
| Media Type | DVD |
| Product Alert Text | No |
| Offer Text | No |
| Film Genre | History |
| Classification | 15 |
| Subtitles | English |
| Run Time (Mins) | No |
| Region | Region 2 |
| Number of disks | 1 |
| DVD Format | Black & White |