
City of Life and Death
Drama · History · War
Overview
In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a six week period wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed.
Top Cast


Liu Ye
Liu Ye
Lu Jianxiong
Liu Ye
Lu Jianxiong


Gao Yuanyuan
Gao Yuanyuan
Miss Jiang
Gao Yuanyuan
Miss Jiang


Hideo Nakaizumi
Hideo Nakaizumi
Kadokawa
Hideo Nakaizumi
Kadokawa


John Paisley
John Paisley
John Rabe
John Paisley
John Rabe


Beverly Peckous
Beverly Peckous
Minnie Vautrin
Beverly Peckous
Minnie Vautrin


Fan Wei
Fan Wei
Mr. Tang
Fan Wei
Mr. Tang


Qin Lan
Qin Lan
Mrs. Tang
Qin Lan
Mrs. Tang


Ryu Kohata
Ryu Kohata
Officer Osamu Ida
Ryu Kohata
Officer Osamu Ida


Jiang Yiyan
Jiang Yiyan
'Xiao Jiang' Jiang Xiangjun
Jiang Yiyan
'Xiao Jiang' Jiang Xiangjun


Yao Di
Yao Di
'May' Zhou Xiaomei
Yao Di
'May' Zhou Xiaomei
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