Shanghai Landing Party (1939)

Directed by Hisatora Kumagai1h 33mDocumentary,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.

Year

1939

Country

Language

Japanese

Release date

19 May 1939

TMDB

5.0 (1)

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