City of Life and Death

City of Life and Death is a 2009 Chinese drama film written and directed by Lu Chuan, marking his third feature film. The film deals with the Battle of Nanjing and its aftermath commonly referred to as the Rape of Nanking or the Nanking Massacre during the Second SinoJapanese War. The film is also known as Nanking Nanking or Nanjing Nanjing.

City of Life and Death is set in 1937, shortly after the beginning of the Second SinoJapanese War. The Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing or Nanking, capital of the Republic of China. What followed is historically known as the Nanking Massacre, a period of several weeks wherein massive numbers of Chinese prisonersofwar and civilians were killed by the Japanese military.After some commanders of the National Revolutionary Army flee Nanking, a Chinese soldier Lieutenant Lu Jianxiong and his comradeinarms Shunzi attempt to stop a group of deserting troops from leaving the city, but as they exit the gates, they are captured by Japanese forces that have surrounded the city. ........

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