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Plot

Important Film Clip

The flower of war is a 2011 Chinese historical drama war film directed by Zhang Yimou. It is a film about in 1937,China was invaded by Japan.John Miller (Bale), an American mortician on a task to bury the head priest, joins the group of innocent schoolgirls. He finds a boy there, George, an orphan who was raised by the dead priest, and taught English. The boy is the same age as the schoolgirls. Soon a group of flamboyant prostitutes arrive at the cathedral, seeking refuge by hiding in the cellar. Pretending to be a priest, Miller tries to keep everyone safe while trying to repair the convent's truck to use for an escape.

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Historical Background

The Rape of Nanking was considered "The Forgotten Holocaust" of the World War II. This event started when the Japanese troops captured the capital city, Nanking, on December 13th, 1937, and lasted for six weeks. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilian were ruthlessly murdered by

the Imperial Japanese Army. A total of 20,000 women were raped, including infants and elderly. At the end of the war, it was calculated that more than 300,000 people were killed in Nanking.

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The Flower of War

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