Dead to Rights
Every Chinese will not forget the history.
During the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, a postman poses as a photo developer, helping Japanese forces while secretly sheltering Chinese refugees.He later risks his life evacuating them and revealing evidence of the atrocities.
- Director
- Shen Ao
- Worldwide
- $423M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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During the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, a postman poses as a photo developer, helping Japanese forces while secretly sheltering Chinese refugees. He later risks his life evacuating them and revealing evidence of the atrocities.
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Box Office & Release
Dead to Rights returned 21.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $20M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $423M
- Release date
- Jul 19, 2025
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- MPAA rating
- NR
- Language
- Japanese, Mandarin
- Country
- China
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