City of Life and Death

City of Life and Death
Film poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	南京！南京！
Simplified Chinese	南京！南京！
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Nánjīng! Nánjīng!
Directed by	Lu Chuan
Written by	Lu Chuan
Produced by	Zhao Haicheng Yang Xinli Han Xiaoli Jiang Tao Liang Yong
Starring	Liu Ye Gao Yuanyuan Fan Wei Qin Lan Nakaizumi Hideo Jiang Yiyan Yao Di John Paisley
Cinematography	Cao Yu He Lei
Edited by	Teng Yu
Music by	Liu Tong
Production companies	Media Asia Entertainment Group China Film Group Stellar Megamedia Group Jiangsu Broadcasting System Chuan Production Film Studio
Distributed by	Media Asia Distribution Ltd. China Film Group
Release date	April 22, 2009 (2009-04-22)
Running time	133 minutes
Country	China
Languages	Mandarin English German Japanese
Budget	US$12 million

City of Life and Death is a 2009 Chinese drama film written and directed by Lu Chuan, marking his third feature film. The film deals with the Battle of Nanjing and the following massacre committed by the Japanese army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The film is also known as Nanking! Nanking! or Nanjing! Nanjing!. The film was released in China on April 22, 2009, and became a major box office success in the country, earning CN¥150 million (approximately US$20 million) in its first two and a half weeks alone.^[1]