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Release Year: 2011
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Rating: 7.5 (2)
Director: Yimou Zhang
Sound: DTS, Dolby Digital
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Writing by: Heng Liu – screenplay
Geling Yan – novel
Produced by: Chaoying Deng – executive producer
William Kong – executive producer
David Linde – executive producer
Leo Shi Young – executive producer
Weiping Zhang – producer
Cast: Christian Bale – John Miller
Ni Ni – Yu Mo
Tong Dawei – Major Li
Xinyi Zhang – Shujuan Meng
Kefan Cao – Mr. Meng
Shawn Dou –
Hai-Bo Huang –
Tianyuan Huang – George
Shigeo Kobayashi – Lt. Kato
Paul Schneider – Terry
Atsurô Watabe – Colonel Hasegawa
Music: Qigang Chen
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Plot Outline:
A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
Plot: 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.
