City of Life and Death

City of Life and Death
Film poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese南京!南京!
Simplified Chinese南京!南京!
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNánjīng! Nánjīng!
Directed byLu Chuan
Written byLu Chuan
Produced byZhao Haicheng
Yang Xinli
Han Xiaoli
Jiang Tao
Liang Yong
StarringLiu Ye
Gao Yuanyuan
Fan Wei
Qin Lan
Nakaizumi Hideo
Jiang Yiyan
Yao Di
John Paisley
CinematographyCao Yu
He Lei
Edited byTeng Yu
Music byLiu Tong
Production
companies
Media Asia Entertainment Group
China Film Group
Stellar Megamedia Group
Jiangsu Broadcasting System
Chuan Production Film Studio
Distributed byMedia Asia Distribution Ltd.
China Film Group
Release date
  • April 22, 2009 (2009-04-22)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryChina
LanguagesMandarin
English
German
Japanese
BudgetUS$12 million

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 the following massacre committed by the Japanese army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The film is also known as Nanking! Nanking! or Nanjing! Nanjing!. The film was released in China on April 22, 2009, and became a major box office success in the country, earning CN¥150 million (approximately US$20 million) in its first two and a half weeks alone.[1]

  1. ^ Elley, Derek (2009-05-14). "City of Life and Death Review". Variety. Retrieved 2009-05-16.