Description
Summary: | On December 9, 1937, the Imperial Japanese Army laid siege to the Chinese capital of Nanking, beginning a reign of terror that killed as many as 300,000 civilians, an infamous tragedy now referred to as the Rape of Nanking. The first big-budget fiction film by the Chinese to deal with the seminal event in their modern history, City of Life and Death is a visceral, heartbreaking portrait of life during wartime, and an unforgettable masterpiece of contemporary world cinema.
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Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (135 min. ; 113 min.) : sd., b&w, col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: | DVD, anamorphic (2.35:1) (Disc 1), full-frame (1.33:1) (Disc 2), Dolby digital surround. |
Audience: | MPAA rating: R; wartime violence and atrocities including sexual assault, and for some sexuality and brief nudity. |
Production Credits: | She ying zhi dao, Cao Yu ; mei shu zhi dao, Hao Yi, Lin Chaoxiang ; zuo qu, Liu Tong ; zao xing she ji, Li Zhuozhuo ; jian ji shi, Teng Yun. |
Participant or Performer: | Liu Ye, Fan Wei, Nakaizumi Hideo, Gao Yuanyuan, Qin Lan, Jiang Yiyan, Kohata Ryū, Yao Di, Zhao Yisui, Miyamoto Yūko. |
Language: | In Mandarin with some Japanese and English with optional English subtitles. |