Title City of Life and Death Overview City of Life and Death takes place in 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Imperial Japanese Army has just captured the then-capital of the Republic of China, Nanjing. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a period of several weeks wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed. Genres Drama, History, War Keywords war crimes, mass murder, war victim, sino japanese war, massacre, japanese army, duringcreditsstinger, imperial japan Production Companies Media Asia Films, China Film Group Corporation CFGC , Stellar Megamedia, Jiangsu Broadcasting System, Chuan Production Film Studio Production Countries China, Hong Kong Spoken Languages English, Deutsch, 日本語, 普通话 Original Language zh Runtime minutes 132 Release Year 2009
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 11 million USD