An American mortician, John Miller (Bale), arrives in Nanjing in order to bury the foreign head priest of a convent for Catholic girls, just after the city was bombed and invaded by the Japanese forces. A short time after his arrival at the convent, a group of flamboyant prostitutes from the local red-light district find their way to the compound looking for shelter, as foreigners and foreign institutions seem to be left alone by the marauding Japanese soldiers. While the prostitutes hide out in the cellar, Miller struggles with and finally gives in to his feelings of responsibility to protect the teenage schoolgirls, and poses as the convent's priest when the compound is repeatedly visited by Japanese soldiers looking for girls to rape. With the help of Chinese collaborator Mr. Meng (Kefan), who is the father of one of the girls, he starts to repair the convent's truck in case there should be an opportunity to bring the girls out of Nanjing.
Japanese Colonel Hasegawa (Watabe) finally promises to protect the convent by placing guards in front of the gate, and requests that the girls sing a choral for him. After the performance, he hands Miller an official invitation for the girls to sing at the Japanese Army's victory celebration. Fearing for their safety (especially since the guards' main concern seems to be not letting any of the girls leave the compound), Miller declines. Hasegawa informs him that it is not a request, but an order and that the girls are going to be picked up the next day. Before they leave, the Japanese soldiers count the girls and erroneously include one of the prostitutes (who has strayed from the cellar looking for her cat), totalling 13.
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Flowers of War, The[Blu-ray] (Date: 2019-10-01)
Price($):
HK$59(US$)
Publisher:EDKO Video Ltd
No of Disk: 1
Duration: 146 Mins
Screen: 2.35:1
Region Code: A
Subtitle: Chinese(Traditional), English
Audio: Dolby TureHD 7.1,DTS-HD Master Audio
Rating: IIB
Languages: Mandarin
Video: NTSC
Flowers of War, The[VCD] (Date: 2021-06-01)
Price($):
HK$41(US$)
Publisher:EDKO Video Ltd
Screen: 1.33:1
Duration: 146 Mins
No of Disk: 2
Region Code: All
Subtitle: Chinese(Traditional), English
Rating: IIB
Languages: Mandarin
Audio: Mono
Video: NTSC
Flowers of War, The[DVD] (Date: 2014-06-01)
Price($):
HK$49(US$)
Publisher:EDKO Video Ltd
No of Disk: 1
Screen: 1.78:1
Duration: 146 Mins
Region Code: 3
Subtitle: Chinese(Traditional), English
Audio: Dolby Digital EX(TM) / THX Surround EX(TM),DTS Digital Surround 5.1
Video: DVD-9,NTSC
Rating: IIB
Languages: Mandarin
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