Shanghai Landing Party (1939)

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.

Released

1939-05-19

Genres

Documentary, War

Runtime

93 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Hisatora Kumagai, Tsutomu Sawamura

TMDB rating

5.0/10 from 1 votes