Shanghai Landing Party
Release Date: 1939-05-19
Rating : 5/10
Duration : 93 minutes
Genres : Documentary, War
Director : Hisatora Kumagai
Writer : Tsutomu Sawamura
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.
Cast
Den Obinata
Sōji Kiyokawa
Hyo Kitazawa
Ko Yamamuro
Mitsuo Tsuda
Ichirô Tetsu