Underplayed Gems

Railroad Guerrilla (1956)

Railroad Guerrilla poster
Original title
铁道游击队
Directed by
Zhao Ming
Cast
Zhao Heng Xuan, Shi Lan Ya, Liu Chang Chun, Zhang Li, Zhang Ya Kun, Han Fu Li, Deng Gang, Liu Ling Zhi
Genre
war, drama, history
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Chinese war film set in the 1940s. It follows a band of guerrilla fighters who use a railway network to harass enemy forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The story highlights their courage and resourcefulness in irregular combat.

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What happens

La Guérilla du chemin de fer (chinois simplifié : 铁道游击队 ; pinyin : tiě dào yóu jī duì) est un film de guerre chinois adapté du roman éponyme, sorti en 1956. Écrit et scénarisé à l'origine par Liu Zhixia (zh), il est réalisé par Zhao Ming et interprété par Cao Hui Qu et Qin Yi dans les rôles principaux. Le film est classé parmi les dix films les plus populaires de l'année dans la sélection des films nationaux de 1957 organisée conjointement par la Station de radiodiffusion populaire de Pékin et le Quotidien de Pékin. La chanson du film, Dàn qǐ wǒ xīn ài de tǔ pí pá, a été largement chantée et est restée dans les mémoires. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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