The Flowers of War
“Fighting for freedom.”
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.
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Cast
56 people
Christian Bale
John Miller
Known for
The Dark Knight
American Psycho
Ni Ni
Yu Mo
Known for
The Warriors Gate
Immortal Demon Slayer
Zhang Xinyi
Shu
Known for
Better Days
Huang Tianyuan
George Chen
Also in
Bureau of Transformer
Brothers
Han Xiting
Yi
Also in
Best Time
Zhang Doudou
Ling
Also in
The Advisors Alliance
Love Designer
Tong Dawei
Major Li
Known for
Red Cliff
American Dreams in China
Cao Kefan
Mr. Meng
Known for
Air Strike
Atsuro Watabe
Colonel Hasegawa
Known for
Three... Extremes
Love Exposure
Yuan Yangchunzi
Mosquito
No other roles listed
Sun Jia
Hua
Also in
Warm Time With You
悼念词
Li Yuemin
Dou
Zhang Yimou Director · Liu Heng Screenplay Yan Geling Screenplay
Worldwide gross $95M · Budget $94M · United States release December 18, 2012
Box office
Budget
$94,000,000
Worldwide gross
$95,311,434
Gross vs. budget
1.0×
Production
New Picture Company
Production
Beijing New Picture Film Co. Ltd.
Production
EDKO Film
Production
China · Hong Kong SAR China
Produced in
Nanjing Heroes
Working title
Languages
Original title
金陵十三釵
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English · Japanese
Release dates
China · December 15, 2011
Theatrical
United States · December 18, 2012
Theatrical
Australia
August 14, 2013 · Physical · DVD
Brazil
December 18, 2012 · Theatrical
Canada
December 16, 2011 · Theatrical
France
March 18, 2015 · Theatrical
Germany
February 12, 2012 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
January 19, 2012 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 3, 2012 · Theatrical
Italy
February 12, 2014 · Physical · DVD, Blu-Ray
Lithuania
August 31, 2012 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 14, 2014 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
South Korea
November 14, 2013 · Theatrical
Spain
March 7, 2013 · Theatrical
Taiwan
March 2, 2012 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 3, 2012 · Theatrical
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