Additional information for The Flowers of War, which has a domestic theatrical release set for December 16, 2011. The film is being distributed by Unknown and has not yet been rated. The Flowers of War has a total running time of 146 minutes.
R
USA
IIB
Hong Kong
NC-16
Singapore
15
UK
M/16
Portugal
146min
15min
The Flowers of War
Denmark
The Flowers of War
Germany
The Flowers of War
International
The Flowers of War
Sweden
13 Flowers of Nanjing
USA
As Flores da Guerra
Portugal
Cveće rata
Serbia
Flores do Oriente
Brazil
Karo geles
Lithuania
Kwiaty wojny
Poland
Las flores de la guerra
Spain
Nanjing Heroes
International
Savasin Çiçekleri
Turkey
December 16, 2011
China
December 21, 2011
USA
December 23, 2011
USA
December 23, 2011
USA
December 25, 2011
Hong Kong
January 19, 2012
Hong Kong
January 20, 2012
USA
February 13, 2012
Germany
February 24, 2012
Canada
March 29, 2012
Singapore
May 25, 2012
Brazil
June 07, 2012
Kuwait
June 27, 2012
Indonesia
July 03, 2012
Denmark
August 02, 2012
Portugal
August 02, 2012
Russia
August 03, 2012
Ireland
August 03, 2012
UK
August 24, 2012
Turkey
August 29, 2012
Sweden
August 31, 2012
Estonia
August 31, 2012
Lithuania
October 17, 2012
Poland
February 22, 2013
Poland
March 08, 2013
Spain
April 05, 2013
Germany
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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.
An American mortician, John Miller (Bale), arrives in Nanjing in order to bury the foreign head priest of a convent for Catholic girls, just after the city was bombed and invaded by the Japanese forces. A short time after his arrival at the convent, a group of flamboyant prostitutes from the local red-light district find their way to the compound looking for shelter, as foreigners and foreign institutions seem to be left alone by the marauding Japanese soldiers. While the prostitutes hide out in the cellar, Miller struggles with and finally gives in to his feelings of responsibility to protect the teenage schoolgirls, and poses as the convent's priest when the compound is repeatedly visited by Japanese soldiers looking for girls to rape. With the help of Chinese collaborator Mr. Meng (Kefan), who is the father of one of the girls, he starts to repair the convent's truck in case there should be an opportunity to bring the girls out of Nanjing.Japanese Colonel Hasegawa (Watabe) finally promises to protect the convent by placing guards in front of the gate, and requests that the girls sing a choral for him. After the performance, he hands Miller an official invitation for the girls to sing at the Japanese Army's victory celebration. Fearing for their safety (especially since the guards' main concern seems to be not letting any of the girls leave the compound), Miller declines. Hasegawa informs him that it is not a request, but an order and that the girls are going to be picked up the next day. Before they leave, the Japanese soldiers count the girls and erroneously include one of the prostitutes (who has strayed from the cellar looking for her cat), totalling 13.Induced by their de-facto leader Yu Mo (Ni), the prostitutes decide to protect the girls by meeting the Japanese on their behalf. As they are only twelve, the former convent priest's adopted son volunteers as well. Miller initially opposes their self-sacrificing decision, but ultimately assists in disguising them, using his skills as a mortician.The next day, the 13 are led away by the unsuspecting Japanese soldiers. After they have left, Miller hides the convent girls on the truck he repaired. Using a single-person permit Mr. Meng was able to obtain, he drives out of the town. In the last scene, the truck is seen driving on a deserted highway in Western direction, away from the advancing Japanese army, towards safety.
Yimou Zhang
Director(s)
Heng Liu
Geling Yan
Writer(s)
Chaoying Deng
executive producer
William Kong
executive producer
David Linde
executive producer
Leo Shi Young
executive producer
Weiping Zhang
producer
Producer(s)
Qigang Chen
Composer(s)
John Miller
Christian Bale
Yu Mo
Ni Ni
Shu (as Zhang Xinyi)
Xinyi Zhang
George Chen (as Huang Tianyuan)
Tianyuan Huang
Yi (as Han Xiting)
Xiting Han
Ling (as Zhang Doudou)
Doudou Zhang
Major Li
Dawei Tong
Colonel Hasegawa (as Atsuro Watabe)
Atsurô Watabe
Mr. Meng (as Cao Kefan)
Kefan Cao
Mosquito (as Yuan Yangchunzi)
Yangchunzi Yuan
Hua (as Sun Jia)
Jia Sun
Dou (as Li Yuemin)
Yuemin Li
Lan
Bai Xue
Lieutenant Asakura
Takashi Yamanaka
Lieutenant Kato
Shigeo Kobayashi
Terry
Paul Schneider
Woman of the Qin Huai River (as Li Chun)
Chun Li
Woman of the Qin Huai River (as Zhou Mengqiao)
Mengqiao Zhou
Woman of the Qin Huai River (as Qian Liuyin)
Liuyin Qian
Woman of the Qin Huai River (as Deng Li)
Li Deng
Woman of the Qin Huai River (as Zhou Yu)
Yu Zhou
Woman of the Qin Huai River (as Su Xiaomei)
Xiaomei Su
Winchester Cathedral Student (as Ye Qingyuan)
Qingyuan Ye
Winchester Cathedral Student (as Dai Yaojun)
Yaojun Dai
Winchester Cathedral Student (as Shen Junran)
Junran Shen
Winchester Cathedral Student (as Li Chuchu)
Chuchu Li
Winchester Cathedral Student (as Wang Jingwen)
Jingwen Wang
Winchester Cathedral Student (as Li Ruiqi)
Ruiqi Li
Winchester Cathedral Student (as Jin Zixin)
Zixin Jin
Winchester Cathedral Student (as Gu Yixuan)
Yixuan Gu
Winchester Cathedral Student (as Xu Jiali)
Jiali Xu
Winchester Cathedral Student (as Zhang Zhaoyi)
Zhaoyi Zhang
Winchester Cathedral Student (as Tan Yimin)
Yimin Tan
Winchester Cathedral Student (as Zhao Yicong)
Yicong Zhao
Winchester Cathedral Student (as Que Liwen)
Liwen Que
Winchester Cathedral Student (as Wu Yuhan)
Yuhan Wu
Peng (as Huang Haibo)
Hai-Bo Huang
Pu Sheng (as Zhu Liangqi)
Liangqi Zhu
Chinese Soldier
Shawn Dou
Chinese Soldier (as Nie Yuan)
Yuan Nie
Director(s)
Geling Yan
Writer(s)
executive producer
William Kong
executive producer
David Linde
executive producer
Leo Shi Young
executive producer
Weiping Zhang
producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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