The Flowers of War
A desperate foreigner masquerading as a priest must shepherd a group of terrified women out of a besieged Nanking church, racing against ruthless Japanese soldiers and the horrors of the massacre to reach safety.
“Fighting for freedom.”
Synopsis
A Westerner takes refuge with a group of women in a church during the Japanese invasion of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he tries to lead the women to safety.
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A crew of 71+ credited
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Peicong MengShot by Xiaoding ZhaoScored by Qi Gang ChenDesigned by Yohei Taneda
Box Office
2011 · Box office
⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.0× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$95.3M
Also known as
- 13 Flowers of Nanjingde
- Jin ling shi san chaide
- The Flowers of Warde
- Jin ling shi san chaien
- Jin ling shi san chaies
- Jin ling shi san chaifr
- I fiori della guerrait
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Cast & Crew
71 unique people credited
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Supporting cast
51Atsuro Watabe
as Colonel Hasegawa
Cao Kefan
as Mr. Meng
Kefan Cao
as Mr. Meng
Yangchunzi Yuan
as Mosquito
Yuan Yangchunzi
as Mosquito
Sun Jia
as Hua
Li Yuemin
as Dou
Bai Xue
as Lan
Takashi Yamanaka
as Lieutenant Asakura
Shigeo Kobayashi
as Lieutenant Kato
Paul Schneider
as Terry
Li Chun
as The Woman of the Qin Huai River
Zhou Mengqiao
as The Woman of the Qin Huai River
Qian Liuyin
as The Woman of the Qin Huai River
Deng Li
as The Woman of the Qin Huai River
Zhou Yu
as The Woman of the Qin Huai River
Gu Xuan
as The Woman of the Qin Huai River
Su Xiaomei
as The Woman of the Qin Huai River
Ye Qingyuan
as Winchester Cathedral Student
Dai Yaojun
as Winchester Cathedral Student
Shen Junran
as Winchester Cathedral Student
Li Chuchu
as Winchester Cathedral Student
Wang Jingwen
as Winchester Cathedral Student
Li Ruiqi
as Winchester Cathedral Student
Jin Zixin
as Winchester Cathedral Student
Gu Yixuan
as Winchester Cathedral Student
Xu Jiali
as Winchester Cathedral Student
Zhang Zhaoyi
as Winchester Cathedral Student
Tan Yimin
as Winchester Cathedral Student
Zhao Yicong
as Winchester Cathedral Student
Que Liwen
as Winchester Cathedral Student
Wu Yuhan
as Winchester Cathedral Student
Huang Haibo
as Peng
Xia Yi
as Pu Sheng
Shawn Dou
as Chinese Soldier
Nie Yuan
as Chinese Soldier
Qi Dao
as Chinese Soldier
Gao Hu
as Chinese Soldier
Qin Hao
as Chinese Soldier
Wang Jingchun
as Chinese Soldier
Lai Xi
as Chinese Soldier
Xiang Bin
as Chinese Soldier
Guo Xiaoming
as Chinese Soldier
Wang Yuzheng
as Chinese Soldier
Wang Cong
as Chinese Soldier
Li Fei
as Chinese Soldier
Wang Chaobei
as Chinese Soldier
Yohei Matsukado
as Japanese Military Outside Affairs Officer
Shibuya Tenma
as Japanese Military Officer
Takashima Shinichi
as Japanese Military Officer
Atsuji Matsuda
as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
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