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Hands Up! (2003)

Hands Up! poster
Original title
举起手来!
Directed by
Feng Xiaoning
Genre
war film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedic look at ordinary people during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It follows characters trying to survive and outwit each other in a time of conflict.

comedichistoricallightheartedplayfulsatiricalearthynostalgic

What happens

Hands Up! is a 2003 Chinese historical comedy film directed and written by Feng Xiaoning, and produced by Han Sanping. The film stars Pan Changjiang, Guo Da, and Liu Wei. It based on the Second Sino-Japanese War. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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