City of Life and Death

Name: City of Life and Death
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 2009-04-22
Duration: 132 min
Rating: 7.4

2h 12m Japanese, English, German, Mandarin

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City of Life and Death

2h 12m Japanese, English, German, Mandarin

★ #29,286 Drama History War

#war crimes #mass murder #war victim #second sino-japanese war (1937-45)#massacre #japanese army #duringcreditsstinger #imperial japan #nanking massacre china 1937 #1930s #nanjing #japanese occupation of china

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.

Director Lu Chuan

Writer Lu Chuan

Budget $12,000,000

Revenue $10,652,498

Net Return -$1,347,502

Performance 0.89x budget

Net Loss

0x 1.0x (Budget) 2.5x (Est. Break-even)

* Movies typically require ~2.5x budget in ticket sales to cover marketing and theater splits.