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.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.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.
- Awards
- 15 wins & 16 nominations
Xinyi Zhang
- Shu
- (as Zhang Xinyi)
Tianyuan Huang
- George Chen
- (as Huang Tianyuan)
Xiting Han
- Yi
- (as Han Xiting)
Doudou Zhang
- Ling
- (as Zhang Doudou)
Yangchunzi Yuan
- Mosquito
- (as Yuan Yangchunzi)
Chun Li
- Woman of the Qin Huai River
- (as Li Chun)
Mengqiao Zhou
- Woman of the Qin Huai River
- (as Zhou Mengqiao)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe film grossed more than $310 million in the domestic (Chinese) box office, making it the highest grossing Chinese production of all time.
- Quotes
John Miller: The way you are now, is what I like the best. I see you. I see everything that you've been through. And I want all of that, Mo. I want all of it. I love it. I love it all.
- Alternate versionsUnlike most versions of movies released in China but produced by other countries, which often cut scenes (usually for violence), this film was shown with additional scenes in Hong Kong and Taiwan. These chiefly pertained to the Chinese and Japanese troop battle early in the film. This Chinese-released version contains 3 minutes 46 seconds of additional footage.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2012)
- SoundtracksLove Theme 1
Performed by Joshua Bell and Yi Zhang
(Played during Opening Credits)
Composed by Qi Gang Chen
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The Best of 2011
I thought The Flowers of War was one of the best foreign films I have ever seen. Ignore all bad reviews, movies are not suppose to be perfect, there was a point of view, a story and a plot that were all displayed understandably. I have read a few reviews on this film and I have noticed most people saying ''Its too graphic'', it is a war film and the graphic effect was a great way of showing the audience the true form of war and the violence the soldiers/people experienced.
The cast was wonderful, I was amazed by the outstanding performance of the young Chinese actresses, I had goosebumps when they started crying or displaying any form of drama. Christian Bale was wonderful, I have always loved his acting and I still do, he portrayed John Miller's character the way I imagined it. He was capable of making me believe that he was an American without any doubt. Ni Ni (Yu Mo) was an amazing character and actress, I have knowledge that it is her first picture and she had shown amazing talent along with all the other Chinese actresses.
Over all I suggest you should watch the film, it is great and inspirational and extremely entertaining to watch.
The cast was wonderful, I was amazed by the outstanding performance of the young Chinese actresses, I had goosebumps when they started crying or displaying any form of drama. Christian Bale was wonderful, I have always loved his acting and I still do, he portrayed John Miller's character the way I imagined it. He was capable of making me believe that he was an American without any doubt. Ni Ni (Yu Mo) was an amazing character and actress, I have knowledge that it is her first picture and she had shown amazing talent along with all the other Chinese actresses.
Over all I suggest you should watch the film, it is great and inspirational and extremely entertaining to watch.
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- Jan 15, 2012
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- 13 Flowers of Nanjing
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $94,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $311,434
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $48,448
- Jan 22, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $2,855,644
- Runtime2 hours 26 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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