The Eight Hundred Heroes

800 Chinese soldiers guard the important warehouse district against the invading Japanese Army. Re-imagination of a famous (bordering on legendary) episode from the battle of Shanghai: 800 soldiers of the 88th regiment against what feels like the whole of Japan’s Imperial Army - think Thermopylae, Chinese version. A splendid, visually amazing gem which, in its own way, is also a last stand: of silent cinema, Shanghai style. (iffr)

• Release date
• January 1, 1938
• Runtime
• 53 min
• Genres
• War
• Director
• Yunwei Ying

Cast

Bo'er Chen Muzhi Yuan

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Shufang Zhang