The Flowers of War
- IMDb link: 1410063
- IMDb rating: 7.5 (58,545 votes) Search
- Genres: Drama, War, Romance, History
- Director: Yimou Zhang
- Cast: Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Xinyi Zhang, Tianyuan Huang and others
- Release date: 16 Dec 2011
- Release year: 2011
- Runtime: 146 minutes
- Country: China
- Keywords: food shortage, starving child, attempted rape, abusive stepfather, sexual abuse, child rape, chinese history, sino japanese war, japanese occupation, nanjing china
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An American finds refuge during the 1937 Japanese invasion of Nanking in a church with a group of women. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
In 1937, mortician John Miller arrives at a Catholic church in Nanking which is under protection of the Red Cross to bury the local priest during the Japanese attack on China. He finds only student girls and one young boy in the convent and decides to spend the night. Soon a group of women from the red light district break in, seeking a sanctuary. The next morning, a Japanese platoon breaks into the church and tries to rape the girls. John wears a priest costume and poses as a priest. He unsuccessfully tries to stop the Japanese, but realises he needs either to leave Nanjing, or stay and help protect the girls.
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