The Flowers of War
Dec 15 2011
•2h 26m
•Drama, History, War
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.
Cast
See allChristian Bale
John Miller
Ni Ni
Yu Mo
Tong Dawei
Major Li
Zhang Xinyi
Shujuan Meng
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