Publisher: Vendetta Films Run time: 132 mins Year: 2009 Release date: 15/07/2010 RRP:$ 29.99$ 14.99
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December 9, 1937: The Imperial Japanese Army lays siege to Nanking, the Chinese capital, killing as many as 300,000 civilians during a six-week reign of terror. For the first time, a Chinese filmmaker tells this story, the details of which Japan disputes to this day.
Shot in stark black-and-white, City of Life and Death follows those caught in the crossfire: a young Chinese general who leads a platoon in street fighting; John Rabe, a German businessman who establishes a safety zone in an attempt to protect the lives of countless Chinese; and a Japanese officer conflicted about the brutality of his commander, among a defiant population struggling against impossible odds.
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