DVD
City of life and death
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
2-disc special ed.
Languages
In Mandarin, with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Liu Ye, Fan Wei, Hideo Nakaizumi, Gao Yuanyuan, Qin Lan, Jiang Yiyan, Ryuichi Kohata, Yao Di, Zhao Yisui, Yūko Miyamoto.
Publication Information
New York : Kino Lorber, [2011]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (135 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R; wartime violence and atrocities including sexual assault, and for some sexuality and brief nudity.
Summary
On December 9, 1937, the Imperial Japanese Army laid siege to the Chinese capital of Nanking, beginning a reign of terror that killed as many as 300,000 civilians, an infamous tragedy now referred to as the Rape of Nanking. The first big-budget fiction film by the Chinese to deal with the seminal event in their modern history, City of Life and Death is a visceral, heartbreaking portrait of life during wartime, and an unforgettable masterpiece of contemporary world cinema.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
Special features: trailers ; stills ; Matters of life and death, the making of Lu Chuan's City of life and death.
Contents
- Disc 1: City of life and death
- Disc 2. Matters of life and death / Chuan Production Film Studio ; produced by Han Sanping, Lu Chuan ; producer, Lu Ding ; directors, Li Jing, Qiao Yu.