The Flowers of War
2011 · Movie · R · 146 min · ★ 7.4 · 44% critics
During the 1937 invasion of Nanking, a foreigner takes shelter in a church with a group of frightened students and other women seeking refuge. Forced to improvise and pose as clergy, he tries to keep everyone alive and find a way out as danger closes in from all sides.
Based on The Flowers of War
Also known as Thirteen Girls in Jinling · 13 Flowers of Nanjing · Nanjing Heroes
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Details
- Original title
- 金陵十三釵
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-12-15
- Language
- Chinese
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 146 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 44/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (906 votes)
About
You’ll likely connect with this if you want a harrowing, emotional wartime survival story about unlikely courage and sacrifice, with intense scenes and subtitles at times; Not for you if you want light entertainment or avoid sexual violence, like in Hotel Mumbai.
Pros: deeply moving wartime drama; strong supporting performances; powerful emotional impact | Cons: disturbing violence and assault; uneven lead focus; long and heavy
Themes
- rape
- china
- based on novel or book
- brothel
- based on true story
- atrocity
- prostitution
- forced prostitution
- nanking massacre china 1937
- 1930s
- japanese occupation of china
Awards & recognition
- Huabiao Award — Outstanding Film
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2012 · nominated
Cast & crew
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
Directed by Zhang Yimou