City of Life and Death details
| Formats: | 18 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Ye Liu, Yuanyuan Gao, Hideo Nakaizumi |
| Director: | Chuan Lu |
| Genres: | Action/Adventure - War, Drama - Historical, War, World Cinema - Chinese, Japanese |
| Studio: | HIGH FLIERS |
| Name | Discs | |
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City of Life and Death |
18 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 12 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 30 Aug 2010 |
| Main languages: | Mandarin |
| Subtitles: | English |
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A Balanced Portrail of a Terrible Event
By Bluesman (74 reviews) from Derbys , 21 Jun 2010[Highly rated reviewer]
Usually with any wartime film or docudrama you only get a one sided view, however with this excellent piece of work you are able to witness the terrible events of Nanking in a more balanced manner. Thats not to say it is in any way easy viewing, the director has chosen a black & white format that actually makes the events seem even more of a first hand experience and at times it is truely unbelieveable, the unrelenting autrocities that the Japanese committed. Nontheless I do recommend the viewing of this movie not only as a first class piece of film making but also so that the events of Nanking do not get forgotten in history.- Was this review helpful to you?
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By a customer , 29 Mar 2013Extremely upsetting and disturbing film, I stopped watching after a child is thrown out of a window by a japanese soldier. From what i have read on the web the actual events in Nanking were horrific and im sure if this film was anymore realistic it could not be released.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Mostly Death
By manonfireuk (317 reviews) from Liverpool , 10 Aug 2012This is a tough one to watch, it's a brilliantly made film but it is so harrowing and upsetting that it's a hard one to get through. I'll be the first to admit that I only knew a little of the events in Nanking in 1937 but this film recreates everything and does well in showing the persepctive of both sides. The only film I could compare this to is Schindler's List and I'd certainly rate it as high as that movie. Well acted and filmed throughout, well worth checking out- Was this review helpful to you?
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City of Life and Death
By Kw54 (44 reviews) from London , 08 Jun 2012Chuan Lu's harrowing account of the 1937 siege of Nanking-in which the Japanese invaders killed some 300,000 Chinese inhabitants-is shot in period black-and-white,lending the authority of a historical artefact. The drama focuses on a horrified Japanese sergeant(Hideo Nakaizumi) and Fan Wei's heroic assistant to John Rabe,the German businessman who established a safe haven for thousands of the persecuted.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Could not watch it
By HovePaul (21 reviews) from Hove , 07 May 2012The victory march by the Japanese soldiers was the best of the bits that I managed to watch. A bit gruesome otherwise.- Was this review helpful to you?
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good film, bad encoding
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