Summary During the Taiping Rebellion of the mid-19th century, anti-Qing (Manchu) Chinese forces led by Taiping commander Li Xiucheng march on Shanghai. Although the Western powers are officially neutral, the British consul in Shanghai sides with the Qing imperial government, and counter to his own government's policy he retains American adventurer Frederick Townsend Ward to raise a mercenary force of foreigners in Shanghai and oppose the Taipings. Ward's force is routed, with heavy casualties, but since many of the casualties are British, the British army soon is drawn in on the side of the Qings. The only support for the Chinese comes from Japanese in Shanghai and anti-imperialist demonstrations in Japan. A family drama plays out against this historical background. After a Chinese home is destroyed by careless British shelling, killing the father and crippling a daughter, the surviving son vows revenge but begins to see that his true friends may be the Japanese. View more details
Directed : Hiroshi Inagaki Feng Yueh
Written : Fuji Yahiro Ching Doe
Stars : Ryûnosuke Tsukigata Tsumasaburô Bandô Ryôsuke Kagawa Tatsuya Ishiguro
Genres : Drama History War
Release date : Dec 27, 1944
Countries of origin : Japan China
Language : English Mandarin Japanese French
Filming locations : Shanghai, China
Production companies : Zhonghua Lianhe
Summary During the Taiping Rebellion of the mid-19th century, anti-Qing (Manchu) Chinese forces led by Taiping commander Li Xiucheng march on Shanghai. Although the Western powers are officially neutral, the British consul in Shanghai sides with the Qing imperial government, and counter to his own government's policy he retains American adventurer Frederick Townsend Ward to raise a mercenary force of foreigners in Shanghai and oppose the Taipings. Ward's force is routed, with heavy casualties, but since many of the casualties are British, the British army soon is drawn in on the side of the Qings. The only support for the Chinese comes from Japanese in Shanghai and anti-imperialist demonstrations in Japan. A family drama plays out against this historical background. After a Chinese home is destroyed by careless British shelling, killing the father and crippling a daughter, the surviving son vows revenge but begins to see that his true friends may be the Japanese. View more details
Genres : Drama History War
Release date : Dec 27, 1944
Countries of origin : Japan China
Language : English Mandarin Japanese French
Filming locations : Shanghai, China
Production companies : Zhonghua Lianhe
