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
146min
The Flowers of War
International
The Flowers of War
Sweden
13 Flowers of Nanjing
USA
As Flores da Guerra
Portugal
Flores do Oriente
Brazil
Nanjing Heroes
International
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
July 12, 2012
Portugal
August 29, 2012
Sweden
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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
Terry
Paul Schneider
Yu Mo
Ni Ni
Shujuan Meng
Xinyi Zhang
Major Li
Tong Dawei
Colonel Hasegawa
Atsurô Watabe
Shawn Dou
Yuan Nie
Lt. Kato
Shigeo Kobayashi
George
Tianyuan Huang
Mr. Meng
Kefan Cao
Takashi Yamanaka
Bai Xue
Hai-Bo Huang
Japanese Machinegun Soldier (uncredited)
Junichi Kajioka
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.
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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