Struggles In An Ancient City (1963)

Original title

野火春风斗古城

Directed by

Yan Jizhou

Genre

drama, history, war

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 46m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1943, as Japanese forces retreat to the Pacific, a Chinese commissar named Yang Xiaodong goes undercover in a provincial capital run by collaborationist troops. He works to undermine the enemy occupation from within.

tensegrittysuspensefulhistoricalbleakslow-burnseriousgrounded

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