City of Life and Death 2009

Set in 1937 during the Second Sino‑Japanese War, it follows the Imperial Japanese Army’s capture of Nanjing, then the capital of the Republic of China. The story depicts the six‑week Nanking Massacre—also called the Rape of Nanking—when tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were brutally killed, revealing the horror of the occupation.

Set in 1937 during the Second Sino‑Japanese War, it follows the Imperial Japanese Army’s capture of Nanjing, then the capital of the Republic of China. The story depicts the six‑week Nanking Massacre—also called the Rape of Nanking—when tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were brutally killed, revealing the horror of the occupation.

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