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Seen on: 01/25/2012

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The Flowers of War (2011)

Directed by Zhang Yimou

History | Drama | War

Most recently watched by sleestakk

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.

Rated R | Length 146 minutes

Actors

Christian Bale | Paul Schneider | Atsuro Watabe | Shawn Dou | Shigeo Kobayashi | Ni Ni | Tong Dawei | Takashi Yamanaka | Zhang Doudou | Huang Tianyuan | Su Xiaomei | Huang Haibo | Cao Kefan | Han Xiting | Yuan Yangchunzi | Zhang Xin Yi | Atsuji Matsuda

Viewing Notes

Second of my double feature at CineArts after a long office day but I couldn’t resist. Was really looking forward to seeing the latest film by Yimou Zhang and it delivers. Often brutal as war is. Bale is great but all the women are terrific.

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