The Flowers of War
Fighting for freedom.
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.
- Director
- Zhang Yimou
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $95M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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What It's About
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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.
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The record
Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerInternational Submission to the Academy Awards
Huabiao Award for Outstanding Film
1 win
- WinnerHuabiao Award for Outstanding Film
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Flowers of War returned 1.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $94M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $95M
- Release date
- Dec 15, 2011
- Runtime
- 2h 26m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Japanese
- Country
- China, Hong Kong
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