City of Life and Death

2009 · 132 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 12,020 VOTES · DIR. Lu Chuan

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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.

Dialogue Timeline — 771 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:28 Kadokawa.
00:10:04 You speak German or English?
00:14:36 Don't take him away.
00:16:59 Let's pull together.
00:24:38 Let's disperse.
00:32:25 Hurry.
00:46:59 Go back to the tent.
00:50:11 It's freezing.
00:54:15 Hush.
00:57:36 Hair.
00:59:37 Let's get the flags.
01:05:37 Is it like this?
01:07:42 I'm so sorry.
01:12:44 Yes. Most are injured.
01:16:38 Friend.
01:19:49 You know their power.
01:25:09 That's enough.
01:28:34 Mr. Tang's daughter was killed yesterday.
01:37:55 Go.
01:46:17 Woman and children stand over here.
01:48:28 Go.
01:50:37 Understood.
01:52:37 Miss Jiang, please save my father.
01:57:04 Help me build her a grave.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed771
Dialogue density5.8 lines / min
First line00:02:28
Final line01:57:04

Production Record

DirectorLu Chuan
LanguageChinese
Budget$12,000,000
Revenue$10,652,498
IMDb votes12,020