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Name: City of Life and Death
Director: Lu Chuan
Released: 2009
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Liu Ye, Gao Yuanyuan, Hideo Nakaizumi, John Paisley, Beverly Peckous

At Stream Tracker, we help you find where to watch hard-hitting cinema. Lu Chuan’s City of Life and Death (2009) revisits the fall of Nanjing in 1937 and the six-week horror of the Nanking Massacre, following soldiers, civilians and survivors through occupation, chaos and grief. Shot in stark black-and-white, the film earned critical praise and gathered several festival honors for its uncompromising vision and powerful imagery. If you’re wondering whether City of Life and Death is on Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video or Apple TV+, this article walks you through current availability across those services and what to expect from each edition (restored transfers, subtitles, extras). Read on to see where the film is streaming now and how to access this important, harrowing chapter of history.

Synopsis

In 1937, amid the Second Sino-Japanese War, Imperial Japanese forces overran Nanjing, then the capital of the Republic of China. In the six weeks that followed—an episode known as the Nanking Massacre or the Rape of Nanking—tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians were killed and many more suffered horrific sexual and physical violence.

Release date

2009

Duration

2h 12min

Rating

Director

Lu Chuan

Country

Chine, Hong-Kong

Genre(s)

Drame, Histoire, Guerre

Cast