Shanghai Landing Party

Shanghai Landing Party

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 19, 1939

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Documentary, War

User Score

50%

Original Title

上海陸戦隊

Production Companies

Toho Eiga Co., Ltd.

Director

Hisatora Kumagai

Description

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.