The Story of South Island (1955)

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

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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