The Battle of Port Arthur (1980)

Original title

二百三高地

Directed by

Toshio Masuda

Genre

war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

3h 05m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Japanese war film shows the heavy combat at Hill 203 during the Siege of Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War. It focuses on soldiers fighting a brutal campaign in 1904 and 1905.

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What happens

The Battle of Port Arthur (Japanese: 二百三高地, Hepburn: Ni hyaku san kochi) is a 1980 Japanese war film directed by Toshio Masuda. The Japanese title "Ni hyaku san kochi" means Hill 203. The film depicts the fiercest battles at Hill 203 in the Siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War 1904 - 1905. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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