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The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru

The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 31, 2024

Runtime

2h 2m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

82%

Original Title

里斯本丸沉没

Production Companies

Laurel Films, Emei Film Studio, Shanghai PMF Pictures

Director

Fang Li

Description

This is the "Dunkirk" of the East, a documentary movie commemorating the great feat of Chinese fishermen. Filmmaker Fang Li and the film crew through exhaustive historical investigation, as far as possible to find the core of the British, American, Japanese and Chinese parties and descendants, trying to infinitely close to the truth of the World War II "Death Ship" - "Lisbon Maru", which is 30 meters under the sea off the East Polar Island in Zhoushan, China. "Lisbon Maru" shipwreck truth.