City of Life and Death 2009 123movies

Watch: 南京!南京! 2009 123movies, Full Movie Online – In 1937, Japan occupied Nanjing, the Chinese capital. There was a battle and subsequent atrocities against the inhabitants, especially those who took refuge in the International Security Zone..
Plot: 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.
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Ratings:

	7.7/10 Votes: 11,156
	93% | RottenTomatoes
	85/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 178 Popularity: 12.217 | TMDB

Reviews:

A Nutshell Review: City of Life and Death
The last Rape of Nanking event film I had watched, was the docu-drama Nanking back in 2006 during the Hong Kong International Film Festival. With interviews conducted with real survivors, I was riveted to listen to their account of the atrocities conducted by the Japanese soldiers, and you empathize with them as they relive their memory and make them known. The dramatic elements were nicely presented as well, with notable names reading off memoirs and letters pertaining to individual episodes, which collectively make up the brutal horror, a living hell if you would, of the conditions of occupation.

Lu Chuan of Kekexili fame has crafted this fine film that looks into 2 broad episodes – the first few hours of occupation which will satisfy action junkies, and the later half which looked into the atrocities that were committed some 1 week into occupation, from within an international safety zone set up by Westerners, led by German John Rabe, who gets some concession by virtue of Nazi Germany being Japan’s ally.

There’s the controversial aspect of the film though, where it doesn’t demonize the invading force right away. Instead, I lauded its realistic portrayal of the human condition of Fear when we go into the unknown, and this emotion gets vividly captured in the first few minutes of the movie, setting the tone of the entire film, where fear drives us to do inhumane, barbaric acts. That being said, it doesn’t shy away from reenacting the atrocities committed against the Chinese, from bayonet stabbings, mass burials of breathing souls, burning and the machine gunning of surviving soldiers, and rape.

Filled with plenty of characters each given a specific purpose in the film, either representative of an historical legend, or collectively as a group, it makes you feel for the individual with documentary-like precision, and I am somewhat intrigued at how one can feel so much through the simple camera work of going real close to the actor’s face, and lingering onwards to capture moments of despair and bewilderment.

If there’s one film you should see this year, then don’t miss this one. I only hope that it gets played in a decent cinema hall with a great sound system, otherwise it’ll do this film no justice. Certainly a contender for one of my films of the year, and comes highly recommended!

One of the Best War films
As a Historian and big Fan of War motion pictures, and seen quite many of them, I was really surprised of authenticity of this film.

It is really based on historical facts (Please read: Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking).

The greatness of this film is also on its cast: using both Japanese and Chinese actors. Choice, which was not easy, even as is has been almost 75 years since Massacre of Nanjing happened.

Surprising in this film was also lack of “political message”. Film was done in China, but there was no hail of communist party, actually not even mentioned at all. Bravo China!

All those things to put together, this movie is as powerful anti-war as anything can be. Something Mr. Spielberg should watch and compare to his Schindler’s List.

As a piece of film art, this Movie belongs to the Top 10 movies made this century.

Highly Recommended! (+18 only!)

Other Information:

Original Language zh
Runtime 2 hr 12 min (132 min) (Hong Kong), 2 hr 13 min (133 min) (France), 2 hr 13 min (133 min) (USA), 2 hr 12 min (132 min) (Mar del Plata) (Argentina)
Budget 12000000
Revenue 10652498
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama, History, War
Director Chuan Lu
Writer Chuan Lu
Actors Ye Liu, Wei Fan, Hideo Nakaizumi
Country China, Hong Kong
Awards 17 wins & 13 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.20 : 1 (intended ratio), 2.35 : 1
Camera Arricam LT, Cooke S4, Zeiss Master Prime, Ultra Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses, Arriflex 235, Cooke S4, Zeiss Master Prime and Ultra Prime Lenses, Arriflex 435 Advanced, Cooke S4, Zeiss Master Prime, Ultra Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses, Arriflex 535B, Cooke S4, Zeiss Master Prime, Ultra Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses, Moviecam Compact, Cooke S4, Zeiss Master Prime, Ultra Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses
Laboratory Kodak Cinelabs, Beijing, China
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision2 50D 5201, Vision2 200T 5217)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 35 (3-perf) (4-perf) (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic) (Kodak Vision 2383)