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5.0 1h 33m

Shanghai Landing Party

This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a documentary mode. In the film story, Japan's marine regiment protects Japanese residents and Chinese refugees-women and young children-from rampant street fighting, Shanhai Rikusentai unsparingly uses its first eight minutes for an official-mannered self-justification of the war. From the viewpoint of explaining Japan's military operation,the narration refers to the city s spatial division in sync with maps on screen.

Top Cast

  • Den Obinata

    Den Obinata

    LTJD Mine (as Den Obinata)

  • Sōji Kiyokawa

    Sōji Kiyokawa

    ENS Maeda

  • Hyo Kitazawa

    Hyo Kitazawa

  • Ko Yamamuro

    Ko Yamamuro

  • Mitsuo Tsuda

    Mitsuo Tsuda

  • Ichiro Tetsu

    Ichiro Tetsu

    ENS Todo

  • Kan Yanagiya

    Kan Yanagiya

  • Hideo Nakamura

    Hideo Nakamura

  • Hachiro Sekiguchi

    Hachiro Sekiguchi

Overview

This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a documentary mode. In the film story, Japan's marine regiment protects Japanese residents and Chinese refugees-women and young children-from rampant street fighting, Shanhai Rikusentai unsparingly uses its first eight minutes for an official-mannered self-justification of the war. From the viewpoint of explaining Japan's military operation,the narration refers to the city s spatial division in sync with maps on screen.

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