Film record

The Flowers of War

2011Feature film146 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
People's Republic of China
Languages
English · Japanese · Chinese
Genres
romance film · historical film · war drama

Credits

Cinematography

Zhao Xiaoding — Cinematography

Direction

Zhang Yimou — Directing

Music

Qigang Chen — Music composition

Cast

Christian Bale — Acting (John Miller)
Ni Ni — Acting (Yu Mo)
Tong Dawei — Acting (Major Li)
Shigeo Kobayashi — Acting (Lieutenant Kato)
Paul Schneider — Acting (Terry)
Atsurō Watabe — Acting (Colonel Hasegawa)
Xinyi Zhang — Acting (Shu)

Production

Zhang Yimou — Production
David Linde — Executive production
William Kong — Production
William Kong — Executive production
Zhang Weiping — Production

Writing

Liu Heng — Screenwriting
Geling Yan — Screenwriting
Documented participation

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Distribution

Netflix

International
Verified

Versions and cuts

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Releases by territory

People's Republic of China · Original release
11 Dec 2011Checked 30 Sep 2026
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