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Shanghai Landing Party

Shanghai Landing Party

1939 · 93 min · ★ 5.0 · Documentary, War

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.

Directed by Hisatora Kumagai · Written by Tsutomu Sawamura

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