City of Life and Death

City of Life and Death

  • Director: Chuan Lu
  • Countries of origin: China, Hong Kong
  • Language: Mandarin, English, Japanese, German
  • Release date: April 22, 2009
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: 南京!南京!
  • "City of Life and Death" is a historical film directed by Chuan Lu , starring Liu Ye , Gao Yuanyuan , Wei Fan , Qin Lan , Nakaizumi Hideo , etc.
    The film reveals the destruction of human nature by war through the experiences of an ordinary Japanese soldier and an ordinary Chinese soldier during the Nanjing Massacre . On April 22, 2009, the film was released in mainland China; in the same year, the film won the Golden Shell Award at the 57th San Sebastian International Film Festival and other awards   .

    Details

    • Release date April 22, 2009
    • Filming locations Changchun, China
    • Production companies China Film Group Corporation (CFGC), Chuan Films, Jiangsu Broadcasting System

    Box office

    Budget

    $12,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $122,558

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $5,610

    Gross worldwide

    $10,687,316

    Movie reviews

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    • By Javon 2022-12-19 05:59:15

      The gap between human nature: "Nanjing Nanjing"

      A letter from a brother said he was caught in an uncontrollable masturbation. How can a prosperous age wait in holy silence, and overcome the tumult of lust. I am the same. From teenage fantasies about women's bodies to seeing such pictures for the first time, the number of times directed or imagined by countless evil and selfish desires may have exceeded the total number of Japanese rapes of women in Nanjing.
        
        What if I carried a gun at that time? If I was taken to Nanjing City...

    • By Jamar 2022-12-07 05:35:54

      Someone said to me: You Lu Chuan, I said: You are only Lu Chuan. .

      Regarding this film, why is it shot in black and white, there are many 100% color shots, and it is estimated that black and white can cover the ugly.
      Start a bunch of killing scenes, I'm looking at photos, watching documentaries, at least it's real. Watching rape, I watch porn is not good, but also exciting.
      After the surrender, the Japanese shot at people who couldn't stand up. At this time, Liu Ye stood up, the time was frozen, the Japanese were all stupid, no one shot, and then...

    • By Crawford 2022-11-05 13:55:38

      it's all over.

      An absolutely nondescript hype that is so disgusting that it stops vomiting under the banner of patriotism and restoration of history, but most of the time it is a top-level garbage work that uses sex as a selling point and is purely incomprehensible inside and out. Lu Chuan, I Since then, I have strongly despised you to the limit, and nothing can be added. When a director's personal will and emotions, including subjective wishes and understanding, over control the performance of the entire...

    • By Kelvin 2022-11-04 14:13:03

      wait and see

      Say to your family: Nanjing! Nanjing! Movies like this should go to the cinema to cheer them on.

      The family said: "Forget it, I can't stand such misery."

      Read it alone. Think: still don't let the family see it. Can't stand it.

      The secretary's child gritted his teeth as he was thrown out the window. Is this acceptable to people?

      When the 100 women raised their hands, they couldn't take it anymore, and tears fell. Is this acceptable to people?

      I...

    • By Jean 2022-10-22 08:33:35

      It is recommended that Zhang Ailing and Hu Lancheng watch "Nanjing! Nanjing!" on their first date

      I finally watched "Nanjing Nanjing"
      originally with the mentality of "watching the spectacle of domestic bad films". I didn't expect it to be very good
      . This theme was not intended to be good-looking.
      Lu Chuan is easy to understand by the masses, politically correct and artistically beautiful. It's
      not easy to find a balance for an ordered
      film. It's slanderous to accuse him of staring at the guy who made the rape scene, and to
      ask why the guy who made the black...

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    • By Jeffry 2022-04-20 09:02:58

      This subject is mainly based on the Japanese perspective, either causing controversy or being reviled. That little artistic pursuit is all on black and white photography. Unfortunately, Lu Chuan, you are still far away from the master. The ending is really wishful thinking and full of hope. The Chinese people will be angry when they see it, but it is actually more suitable for the Japanese to...

    • By Ryleigh 2022-04-20 09:02:58

      Nanjing Nanjing substitutes the perspective of Japanese soldiers, beautifying the Japanese devils and traitors, who are affectionate and righteous, pure and innocent. The effect of the shooting is: the Japanese devils will make you feel bad if they are shot, and it doesn't matter if the Chinese soldiers are killed like stepping on ants. The Chinese are expressionless walking dead. The comfort women were betrayed by the Chinese themselves. The commander of the Japanese army did not want the...

    • By Josianne 2022-04-20 09:02:58

      I can't accept my...

    • By Junius 2022-04-20 09:02:58

      How do I get zero points? ? I don't want to give one star!...

    • By Evan 2022-04-20 09:02:58

      Anyone who faces the subject of the national massacre should be cautious, but Lu Chuan's solo show in the second half basically reached the point of insanity. The Japanese soldier committed suicide because of atonement, making the real history deduced into a literary and artistic tone overflowing with human nature. In the course of history, no Japanese soldier has ever done this. The slaughtered did not need the slaughterer to say good things. It was excessively poetic, legendary, and...

    Movie plot

    On December 13, 1937, when the Japanese invaders captured Nanjing, which was the capital of the Nationalist government, some officials abandoned the city and fled. But there are still many officers and soldiers left behind, swearing to defend the city where the building will fall. Song Xilian officer Lu Jianxiong ( Liu Ye ), together with his comrades-in-arms, launched a fierce street battle with the Japanese army. Their weak and...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    When the crew grew to fifty or sixty people, they learned that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had rejected the script.
    Originally, Chuan Lu designed a rape scene for Jiang Shuyun, played by Gao Yuanyuan, but Gao Yuanyuan collapsed during the shooting. She shouted at Chuan Lu how to shoot like this, and finally Chuan Lu failed to convince Gao Yuanyuan.
    Except for three Japanese actors who came to China for the first time and could not...
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    Bold style

    The second half of the film takes Mr. Rabe's "safety zone" as the center, depicting the little people represented by Wei Fan and Gao Yuanyuan, who do all kinds of things to protect themselves and others when the nation and individual suffer life and death. the behavior of. In this part, since most of the refugees who took refuge in the "safe zone" were young women, it focused on showing the beasts of rape and looting by the Japanese...
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    Negative Review

    The way the story is told in City of Life and Death is not very clever. The evolution of the plot is not progressive, but releases the tears of the audience through the continuous accumulation of human atrocities. The relaxation and powerlessness of the logical evolution of "City of Life and Death" is actually also reflected in the awakening method of the hero Japanese soldier Kadokawa. The letter of repentance written by one country...
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