Movie Description

上海陸戦隊

(1939)

Overview

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.

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Original Title上海陸戦隊

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1939-05-19

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 01h 33m

Production CompaniesToho Eiga Co., Ltd.

Genres

  • Documentary
  • War