City of life and death [videorecording]
2010
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Chinese director Lu Chuan directs this historical drama based on the invasion of Nanking - the then-capital of the Republic of China - by the Japanese army in 1936, the event that has since been dubbed the Rape of Nanking or the Nanking Massacre. Over a period of several weeks, tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were brutally tortured, raped and killed by soldiers of the Imperial Japanese army. Filmed in black and white, the film portrays the experiences of several characters swept up in the conflict, both historical and fictional, including a Chinese soldier, a schoolteacher, a Japanese soldier, a foreign missionary, and Nazi businessman John Rabe (John Paisley).
Main title:
City of life and death [videorecording] / producer, Sanping Han; producer, John Chong; producer, Hong Qin; producer, Andy Zhang; producer, Li Zhou.
Author:
Lu, Chuan, directorLiu, Tong, composer (expression)Liu, Ye, actorGao, Yuanyuan, actorNakaizumi, Hideo, actor
Imprint:
[United Kingdom] : High Fliers Video Distribution, 2010.
Collation:
1 DVD (135 min.) : black and white
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Disc format DVD 9 dual layer, Interactive menus, Ratio (1:1.78 (16:9) widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (Mandarin), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other Language Sound Dolby Digital 2.0, Subtitles (English).Made in 2009.DVDN.In Mandarin; Closed captioning in English.
Credits:
Credits: director, Chuan Lu; writer, Chuan Lu; music, Tong Liu; cinematographer, Yu Cao.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Ye Liu, Yuanyuan Gao, Hideo Nakaizumi, Wei Fan, Yiyan Jiang, Ryu Kohata, Bin Liu, Yuko Miyamoto, John Paisley, Beverly Peckous, Lan Qin, Sam Voutas.
Audience:
BBFC code: 15.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
Chinese
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BRN:
1755635
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