The Flowers Of War is a upcoming war movie, brought to us by director Zhang Yimou and starring Christian Bale. He stars as a missionary, who is caught up in the chaos in Nanking as the Japanese Imperial Army overran the Chinese capital city in 1937.

Plot

Set in 1937, Nanking stands at the forefront of a war between China and Japan. As the invading Japanese Imperial Army overruns China’s capital city, desperate civilians seek refuge behind the nominally protective walls of a western cathedral. Here, John Haufman (Bale), an American trapped amidst the chaos of battle and the ensuing occupation takes shelter, joined by a group of innocent schoolgirls and thirteen courtesans, equally determined to escape the horrors taking place outside the church walls.

The Flowers of War is a 100 Million Us Dollar Epic, director Zhang Yimou (House Of Flying Daggers) and is based on the novel The 13 Women of Nanjing by Geling Yan.