The Flowers of War

The Flowers of War

  • Director: Yimou Zhang
  • Writer: Heng Liu,Geling Yan
  • Countries of origin: China, Hong Kong
  • Language: English, Japanese, Mandarin, Shanghainese
  • Release date: December 16, 2011
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: 13 Flowers of Nanjing
    • "The Flowers Of War" is a war epic film directed by Zhang Yimou in 2011 , based on the novel of the same name by Yan Ge Ling . Christian Charles Philip Bale , NiNi , David , Xinyi Zhang , Huang Tianyuan and Watabe Atsuro co-starred. The film was released in Mainland China on December 15, 2011   .
    The film’s story is based on Nanjing Massacre in the War of Resistance against Japan period . It tells a touching story of people who did not know each other in a church in Nanjing, China, which was invaded by the Japanese army in 1937. An American who pretended to be a priest in order to save people, a group of female students hiding in the church, 14 women from the dust who escaped the war, and soldiers and wounded soldiers who resisted desperately. They put their lives and deaths aside in times of crisis and went there. A tragic death agreement . 

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    • Release date December 16, 2011
    • Production companies Beijing New Picture Film, Edko Films, New Picture Company

    Box office

    Budget

    $94,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $311,434

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $48,448

    Gross worldwide

    $2,855,644

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    • By Kiarra 2022-04-24 07:01:16

      [Turn] The thirteen hairpins of Jinling who never died

      　1. Background and story 1. The grief of the nation The Chinese nation has not never been destroyed. The Mongolian Genghis Khan in the front and the Jurchen (the latter was later renamed the Manchu Dynasty) all flattened the land of China in a short period of time. The Chinese nation has not experienced massacres. In the place where the "Ten Days of Yangzhou" and "Three Massacres in Jiading" were launched after the Manchus entered the customs 300 years ago, the capital of the Republic of...

    • By Merritt 2022-04-23 07:03:05

      "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling": Business Enron

      If you look back at Zhang Yimou's "Alive" in 1994, the "absurdity and impermanence of life" in the original work should not be singled out as "the black tragicomedy of the Cultural Revolution". Valuable; and now in this completely secular plot of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", it is difficult for us to search for even a little bit of personal intention to talk, and the image stops silently before the brilliance of the human nature that the story itself sings. And this seems to be the most...

    • By Kimberly 2022-04-23 07:03:05

      Pain, go to pain, everything is only for literature and art! ! !



      To express the cruelty of war with pomp and drama is like exchanging bread for a musical score for an African refugee who has been starving for days.

      Some things are unsurpassable, such as 'faith', such as 'life'.

      After fading away all kinds of light and shadow techniques and restoring the essence of this film, this is just a one-step art film that makes no fuss.

      One: Object technique, ignoring the march of life

      Object sentiment has always been...

    • By Jacklyn 2022-04-23 07:03:05

      Please let go of Nanjing! ! !

      In 1840, the first Sino-British Opium War broke out, and the Western powers broke the thigh of the motherland for the first time with their strong ships and cannons. Then there is the history of blood and tears that will be unforgettable for us more than a hundred years later.

      Motherland shed blood, and we can't help crying for her. The blood flowed and the tears flowed endlessly.

      I don't know if our motherland's wounds have healed today, all I know is that my tears have...

    • By Andreanne 2022-04-23 07:03:05

      The adaptation of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" to the original novel

      What I want to discuss is mainly the adaptation of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" to the original novel. The changes in the film to the novel are mainly in the following aspects.
      1. Adapt the role of Shujuan's father and adapt the relationship between Shujuan and Yumo.
      2. Remove the original main character, Father Engman, and add a new character - John
      3. Delete Lao Gu and reduce the age of George Chen 4.       There is actually another change in
      the handling of the...

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    • By Christopher 2023-09-17 15:44:02

      It's rare that a domestic film can tell the story clearly, it's not...

    • By Lottie 2023-09-16 22:07:53

      The adaptation was a success and enriched the original short story a lot. The narrative is complete and slightly European literary and artistic, revealing human nature in every aspect. The huge investment is really effective, and the special effects, costumes, art photography and photography are all powerful. Even if Laomouzi was stigmatized by others, at least his ability to dig out newcomers was unmatched by others. Those who attack the film with prostitutes are...

    • By Rosalee 2023-07-21 21:53:08

      The movie itself is a...

    • By Drew 2023-07-15 22:14:17

      Unnatural, anti-logic, no appeal, no...

    • By Cleve 2023-05-19 06:17:27

      12.14 The first game @ Guotai Xiaochangzi waited until the curtain ended just to see that the soundtrack was Chen Qigang! = = The slot is not HD, and the micro-vomit is as follows: the scene of the death of a thousand-handed Guanyin; the ostentation of the fourteen flowers and the cat facing the audience (hello..); the scene that lost the schedule; and the most terrifying soundtrack (Although I am quite fond of his butterfly love flowers). Originally, it was aimed at Yan Geling and CB, but I...

    Movie plot

    In 1937, the Japanese army invaded Nanjing. During the war, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties was reduced to rubble, and many Chinese soldiers and civilians were trapped in the city. Ten men of a military team to teach German armed remnants of the Executive Major Li ( David ornaments under) command, from the hands of the Japanese army rescued a group of female students in church schools, and Major Li et al., Lost the opportunity...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    The film will represent China to compete for the 84th Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. The film by Zhang Yimou, the previous director, has been nominated for three Oscars, including " Ju Dou ", " Raise the red lantern " and " Hero ".
    "The Flowers Of War" was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th American Golden Globe Awards. This is the fifth time that Zhang Yimou's film has been nominated for the Golden Globe...
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    Creative background

    Zhang Yimou saw Yan Ge Ling's novel before the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics , and then bought the copyright. Zhang Yimou believes that the perspective of this story is very unique, cutting from the legendary perspective of 13 Jinling women, expressing a theme of salvation and reflecting the noble humanitarianism. At the same time, Zhang Yimou also hopes to adopt a different approach from the previous Nanjing-themed films, and bring a...
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    Main creative team

    Michael Miller served as the post-dubbing mixer of "The Flowers Of War". He was involved in the post-dubbing mix of " Transformers: Dark of the Moon " and the post-dubbing mix for the Oscar-winning " The Fighter " starring Bell . The digital compositor for the visual effects of the film invited Julian Rickerd, who was a member of MPC UK and just participated in the production of the visual effects for " Harry Potter and the Deathly...
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    Box office information

    "The Flowers Of War" landed on China's national theaters on December 15, 2011. As of 24:00 on December 18, 2011, in less than four days, the film has been screened nationwide for nearly 57,000 shows, with an audience of nearly 3.5 million, and a total box office of nearly 150 million, becoming the box office champion of the week   .
    In the second week of the film's release, the cumulative box office reached 204 million, and the number...
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    Media Evaluation

    The film has two important points of view, one is the female student (narration) and the other is the disguised priest John played by the Hollywood star Christian Charles Philip Bale. This seemingly contradictory narrative method has been carefully arranged: the female student’s point of view is surviving The author’s testimony provides the legitimacy of the historical narrative. John’s point of view is international humanitarianism...
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    User Comments

    China's Sina Entertainment website surveyed "The Flowers Of War", and more than 10,000 netizens participated in the voting, and more than half of the audience felt that the film exceeded expectations. As for the performance of the actors in the film, NiNi has a higher approval rating than Bell. Approximately 52% of netizens said that they watched this movie for the "attractiveness of director Zhang Yimou's new work". About 38% of the...
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    • Yu Mo: Maybe with your help, I can save them.

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