Christian Bale: Zhang, Bale blossom together on ‘Flowers of War’ (DAILY TIMES PAKISTAN)

In 100 years of Chinese film, “The Flowers of War” is the first major title to feature a western movie star. Budgeted at $100 million, “Flowers of War” stars Oscar-winner Christian Bale as John Miller, an opportunist mortician on the run in 1937 as the Japanese are invading the province of Nanking, now known as Nanjing.

The Japanese occupation led to the deaths of thousands of Chinese citizens and came to be known by some as the Rape of Nanking or the Nanjing Massacre.

 In the film, which had a limited US release before opening nationwide, Bale’s character must save a group of schoolgirls from the clutches of the Japanese. At the same time, he falls in love with a Chinese courtesan. Bale and Chinese director Zhang Yimou, who communicated through an interpreter while making the film, talked with Reuters about overcoming cultural barriers and revisiting an infamous episode of China’s past.


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