An American finds refuge during the 1937 Japanese invasion of Nanking in a church with a group of women. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
Director:
Yimou Zhang
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| Christian Bale | ... | John Miller | |
| Ni Ni | ... | Yu Mo | |
| Xinyi Zhang | ... | Shu (as Zhang Xinyi) | |
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Tianyuan Huang | ... | George Chen (as Huang Tianyuan) |
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Xiting Han | ... | Yi (as Han Xiting) |
| Doudou Zhang | ... | Ling (as Zhang Doudou) | |
| Dawei Tong | ... | Major Li | |
| Atsuro Watabe | ... | Colonel Hasegawa | |
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Kefan Cao | ... | Mr. Meng (as Cao Kefan) |
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Yangchunzi Yuan | ... | Mosquito (as Yuan Yangchunzi) |
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Jia Sun | ... | Hua (as Sun Jia) |
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Yuemin Li | ... | Dou (as Li Yuemin) |
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Bai Xue | ... | Lan |
| Takashi Yamanaka | ... | Lieutenant Asakura | |
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Shigeo Kobayashi | ... | Lieutenant Kato |
In 1937 China, during the second Sino-Japanese war, a mortician, John (Christian Bale) arrives at a Catholic church in Nanjing to prepare a priest for burial. Upon arrival he finds himself the lone adult among a group of convent girl students and prostitutes from a nearby brothel. When he finds himself in the unwanted position of protector of both groups from the horrors of the invading Japanese army, he discovers the meaning of sacrifice and honor. Written by msmith5484
Someone wrote and I quote : "there was never a moment of this movie that will bring tears in someone's eyes". Whomever wrote this is not Chinese for sure! I started crying right after 15 minutes in the cinema .This whole movie's dialog is in Nan Jing Hua (local accent mandarin ). Sounds funny at beginning , but it's more easy to bring audience into the story with characters . Zhangyimou's movie are famous for bright colors and nice view since he use to be cameraman. But this movie is so much more than the visual! Color still pretty though, the paper shop, those QiPao, girls make-up , everything is pretty . I guess to ruin the beautiful things defines the tragedy. My friend who watched it before told me do not watched it in the morning , because it will upset you whole day. So I went to cinema in the afternoon, and I could sleep until 5 am this morning. Comparing to Zhang Yi Mou's earlier work like " hero", this is definitely his best work in 10years!