Movie
The Flowers of War
Overview
A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
Details
- Release date
- 2011-12-15
- Runtime
- 146 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- New Picture Company, Beijing New Picture Film Co. Ltd., EDKO Film
- Country
- China, Hong Kong
- Original language
- ZH
Cast
- Christian Bale as John Miller
- Ni Ni as Yu Mo
- Zhang Xinyi as Shu
- Huang Tianyuan as George Chen
- Han Xiting as Yi
- Zhang Doudou as Ling
- Tong Dawei as Major Li
- Cao Kefan as Mr. Meng
- Atsuro Watabe as Colonel Hasegawa
- Yuan Yangchunzi as Mosquito
- Sun Jia as Hua
- Li Yuemin as Dou
Crew
- Zhang Yimou - Director
- Liu Heng - Screenplay
- Yan Geling - Screenplay
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