City of Life and Death
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City of Life and Death

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.

Drama
History
War

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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.

Released April 22, 2009

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zh
Status
Released
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Top cast

The faces you are about to watch.

Liu Ye

Liu Ye

Lu Jianxiong

Gao Yuanyuan

Gao Yuanyuan

Miss Jiang

Hideo Nakaizumi

Hideo Nakaizumi

Kadokawa

John Paisley

John Paisley

John Rabe

Beverly Peckous

Beverly Peckous

Minnie Vautrin

Fan Wei

Fan Wei

Mr. Tang

Qin Lan

Qin Lan

Mrs. Tang

Ryu Kohata

Ryu Kohata

Officer Osamu Ida

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