China The Flowers of War is a China–Hong Kong co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
金陵十三釵
“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.
Audience Engagement
718 audience reviews — more than 93% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 84th percentile among China films.
China × Hong Kong Co-Production
Other China×Hong Kong titles
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Flowers of War. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Drama + History in China
53 China titles in our catalog blend the Drama and History genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Flowers of War itself).
The 2010–2012 China Window
Among 98 China films we catalog from this window, The Flowers of War places #10 — near the top of its class.
The 2010s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in China, 515 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Flowers of War premiered alongside 39 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 26m runtime, production spent $644K per minute on screen and earned $653K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 39 other China films in 2011.
The 280th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Flowers of War, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- forced prostitution · 4
- nanking massacre china 1937 · 3
- atrocity · 2
- prostitution · 25
- brothel · 17
- japanese occupation of china · 14
- based on novel or book · 288
- based on true story · 98
- rape · 64
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #177 of 946 China films indexed here (81st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.8 points above the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Drama productions specifically: #111 of 547 (top 20%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, Hong Kong |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, Japanese, English |
| Production Companies | New Picture Company, Beijing New Picture Film Co. Ltd., EDKO Film |
| Runtime | 2h 26m |
| Release Date | December 15, 2011 |
| IMDb | tt1410063 |
| Official Site | www.theflowersofwarmovie.com |