Dead to Rights

2025

Chinese

♡ 10

nanking massacre china 1937

period drama

photography

second sino-japanese war (1937-45)

War

In the Nanjing Massacre of 1937, in order to save his life, postman A Chang pretended to be a photo developer in a photo studio and developed photos for the Japanese army. He also took in a group of Chinese soldiers and civilians, turning the studio into a temporary shelter. However, in the face of the Japanese army's cruel atrocities, A Chang risked his life to safely transfer the refugees and exposed the evidence of the massacre to the public.

Air Strike

2018

English

3.2

♡ 33

japanese occupation of china

kuomintang

second sino-japanese war (1937-45)

sino japanese war

War

world war ii

Xiao Feng Director

Bruce Willis as Jack

Janine Chun-Ning Chang as Qian Xue

Adrien Brody as Steve

Bingbing Fan as Ye Peixuan

An American pilot is sent to a Chinese province to teach a crew of would-be pilots how to fly war planes against the Japanese during World War II.

Love in a Fallen City

1984

Cn

6.2

♡ 2

50%

second sino-japanese war (1937-45)

War

woman director

Ann Hui Director

Job Stewart as

Yun-Fat Chow as Fan Liu-Yuan

Cora Miao as Pai Liu-So

Sai-Kit Yung as Pierre

Taking place in 1941, Love in a Fallen City centers on Pai, a young woman who has been ostracized by her family for divorcing her rich husband. A local match-maker, Mrs. Hsu, takes pity on Pai and decides to bring her to Hong Kong, under the guise of employing her as the Hsu's nanny, but in reality to introduce her to Fan. Pai and Fan seem to hit it off, but Fan's refusal to marry Pai soon sours things. However, as the Japanese begin to invade Hong Kong, the two begin to realize their true feelings for each other.

Twenty-Four Eyes

1954

Japanese

7.9

♡ 10

second sino-japanese war (1937-45)

Keisuke Kinoshita Director

Takahiro Tamura as Isokichi

Toyo Takahashi as Kobayashi Sensei

Kuniko Igawa as Matsue

Chishû Ryû as Otoko Sensei

From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and personal circumstances.

The Eight Hundred

2020

Chinese

6.7

♡ 27

89%

second sino-japanese war (1937-45)

siege

sino japanese war

War

Hu Guan Director

Ethan Juan as (as Jingtian Ruan)

Ryan Zheng as Chen Shusheng

Chen Yao as He Xiangning

Hideo Nakaizumi as Konoe Isao

In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.

City of Life and Death

2009

Chinese

7.7

♡ 17

92%

second sino-japanese war (1937-45)

Chuan Lu Director Ye Liu

Ye Liu as Lu Jianxiong

Hideo Nakaizumi as Sgt. Masao Kadokawa

Wang Kai as Tang family nanny

Yûko Miyamoto as Yuriko

In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a six week period wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed.

Millennium Actress

2001

Japanese

7.8

♡ 58

93%

second sino-japanese war (1937-45)

surreal

Satoshi Kon Director

Laura Post as Eiko Shimao

Takkô Ishimori as Head Clerk

Masaya Onosaka as Kyoji Ida

Ben Diskin as Kyoji Ida

Documentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who mysteriously vanished at the height of her career. When he presents her with a key she had lost and thought was gone forever, the filmmaker could not have imagined that it would not only unlock the long-held secrets of Chiyoko’s life... but also his own.

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