Tunnel War (1965)

Original title

地道战

Directed by

Ren Xudong

Genre

propaganda film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small town in China uses an underground network of tunnels to defend against Japanese soldiers during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The villagers fight to protect their homes and survive the invasion.

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What happens

Tunnel War (Chinese: 地道战; pinyin: Dì dào zhàn), also known as Tunnel Warfare, is a 1965 Chinese film produced before the Cultural Revolution about a small town which defends itself from the Japanese intrusion by use of a network of tunnels during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The film was directed by Ren Xudong and produced by the August First Film Studio. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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