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.

Genre:

Documentary, War

Duration:

93 min

Cast:

Den Obinata, Sōji Kiyokawa, Hyo Kitazawa

Quality:

HD

Director:

Hisatora Kumagai

Release:

1939

Country:

Japan

Rating:

5.0