Shanghai Landing Party

War · 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.

Starring

Den Obinata, Takeo Kita, Zenju Imaizumi, Sōji Kiyokawa, Hyo Kitazawa, Hisatora Kumagai, Hiroshi Suzuki, Ko Yamamuro, Mitsuo Tsuda, Shigeharu Yasue

Director

Hisatora Kumagai