The Flowers of War

E443076

The Flowers of War is a 2011 Chinese historical drama film directed by Zhang Yimou, depicting the Nanjing Massacre through the intertwined stories of civilians seeking refuge in a church.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
The Flowers of War canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese film
film
historical drama film
basedOn 13 Flowers of Nanjing NERFINISHED
novella by Geling Yan
budget approximately 94 million US dollars
castMember Atsuro Watabe NERFINISHED
Cao Kefan NERFINISHED
Christian Bale NERFINISHED
Han Xiting NERFINISHED
Huang Tianyuan NERFINISHED
Ni Ni NERFINISHED
Shigeo Kobayashi NERFINISHED
Tong Dawei NERFINISHED
Zhang Xinyi NERFINISHED
cinematographer Zhao Xiaoding NERFINISHED
composer Qigang Chen NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin China
depicts Japanese occupation of Nanjing
Nanjing Massacre NERFINISHED
refugees in wartime
director Zhang Yimou NERFINISHED
distributor China Film Group Corporation NERFINISHED
Wrekin Hill Entertainment NERFINISHED
editor Mei Feng NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Hengdian World Studios NERFINISHED
genre historical drama
war drama
hasTheme protection of civilians
redemption
sacrifice
war atrocities
mainCharacter John Miller NERFINISHED
narrativeLocation Nanjing NERFINISHED
church in Nanjing
nominatedFor Academy Award submission for Best Foreign Language Film by China
Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
Mandarin Chinese
portrayedBy Christian Bale NERFINISHED
producer Zhang Weiping NERFINISHED
productionCompany New Picture Company NERFINISHED
publicationDate 2011
releaseEvent theatrical release in China in December 2011
world premiere at 2011 Tokyo International Film Festival
runtime 146 minutes
screenwriter Liu Heng NERFINISHED
Yin Lichuan NERFINISHED
setInPeriod Second Sino-Japanese War NERFINISHED

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zhang Yimou notableWork The Flowers of War
Zhang Yimou directed The Flowers of War