Underplayed Gems

The Story of South Island (1955)

The Story of South Island poster
Original title
南岛风云
Directed by
Chen Bai
Genre
war film, historical film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 37m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Chinese guerrilla fighters resist Japanese occupation forces on Hainan Island during the Second Sino-Japanese War. A group of soldiers and their leaders struggle in a black and white war film from 1955.

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What happens

The Story of South Island (originaltittel: Nan dao feng yun) er en kinesisk krigsfilm fra 1955 regissert av Bai Chen. Filmen handler om en gruppe kinesiske geriljasoldater og deres kamp mot de japanske invasjonsstyrkene på øya Hainan under den andre kinesisk-japanske krig. Ledende roller spilles av Shangguan Yunzhu og Sun Daolin. Den ble tildelt prisen for fremragende film ved den første Huabiao Awards i 1957 (delt med flere filmer). Filmen er i sort-hvitt. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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