City of Life and Death (2009) Nanjing! Nanjing!
City of Life and Death (2009)
BDRip | MKV | 1024x466 | x264 @ 4609 Kbps | 135 min | 4,78 Gb
Audio: Mandarin (官话) AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded)
Genre: Drama, War
BDRip | MKV | 1024x466 | x264 @ 4609 Kbps | 135 min | 4,78 Gb
Audio: Mandarin (官话) AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded)
Genre: Drama, War
Director: Chuan Lu
Writer: Chuan Lu
Stars: Ye Liu, Wei Fan, Hideo Nakaizumi
A devastating account of the massacre known as the Rape of Nanking that occurred when Japanese troops took the city of Nanjing in China in December 1937. Shot completely in black and white, it unflinchingly captures the shocking violence and brutality of the massacre while providing a deeply human portrait of both the victims and the perpetrators. Surprisingly for a Chinese film about the war with Japan, it’s told primarily from the perspective of a Japanese soldier who witnesses, commits, and abhors the atrocities of his army.
IMDB - 17 wins
Harrowing and unflinching, a savage nightmare so consuming and claustrophobic you will want to leave but fear to go, City of Life and Death is a cinematic experience unlike any you've had before. It's a film strong enough to change your life, if you can bear to watch it at all…[The] camerawork is one of the keys to City of Life and Death’s impact. Most of the film is shot using a peering, probing handheld camera that creates intimacy and intensifies emotion. Some scenes are so effectively re-created it's as if the film has somehow captured documentary reality with a long-forgotten hidden camera.
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City of Life and Death (2009) Nanjing! Nanjing!
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