Underplayed Gems

The 400 Million (1939)

The 400 Million poster
Directed by
Joris Ivens
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
52 min
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A documentary about China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It follows resistance forces from different Chinese factions as they fight the Japanese invasion.

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The 400 Million, also known as China in 1938, was a 1939 black-and-white documentary film by Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens about the Second Sino-Japanese War, part of the East Asian theater of World War II. The filmmaker moved between the Republican, Communist, and guerrilla forces of the Chinese resistance to Japanese invasion. Their dialogue in Mandarin is accompanied by English translations read by American actors. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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