The Flowers of War

The Flowers of War is a 2011 Chinese-Hong Kong historical drama war film directed by Zhang Yimou. It stars Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Zhang Xinyi, Tong Dawei, Atsuro Watabe, Shigeo Kobayashi, and Cao Kefan. The story is set in Nanking, China, during the 1937 Nanking Massacre in the Second Sino-Japanese War. A group of escapees seeks sanctuary in a church compound, where they try to survive the Japanese atrocities.