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Jan 24, 2012 · Based on a novel by Chinese-American author Geling Yan, it is set in the Chinese city of Nanjing at the time of the Japanese invasion. In one of the most notorious episodes of Japan's occupation...
[1] [2] [3] The film is based on a novella by Geling Yan, 13 Flowers of Nanjing, inspired by the diary of Minnie Vautrin. [4] The story is set in Nanjing, China, during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre in the Second Sino-Japanese War. A group of escapees, finding sanctuary in a church compound, try to survive the Japanese atrocities. [5] [6]
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.
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- Drama, History, Romance
- Yimou Zhang
- 2011-12-16
Dec 16, 2011 · The most expensive Chinese film ever made, “The Flowers of War,” directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Christian Bale, is a drama set during the Nanjing Massacre.
Dec 20, 2011 · In “The Flowers of War,” the director Zhang Yimou revisits the 1937 Nanjing massacre in a story narrated by a convent student taking refuge in a church.
- Yimou Zhang
An American (Christian Bale) tries to protect a group of Chinese students and prostitutes from Japanese soldiers in 1937 Nanjing. Fandango at Home Prime Video. Watch The Flowers of War with a ...
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- History, Drama, War
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The film is based on a novella by Geling Yan, 13 Flowers of Nanjing, inspired by the diary of Minnie Vautrin. The story is set in Nanking, China, during the 1937 Rape of Nanking in the Second Sino-Japanese War.
