Shanghai Landing PartyMovie
This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a documentary mode. In the film story, Japan's marine regiment protects Japanese residents and Chinese refugees-women and young children-from rampant street fighting, Shanhai Rikusentai unsparingly uses its first eight minutes for an official-mannered self-justification of the war. From the viewpoint of explaining Japan's military operation,the narration refers to the city s spatial division in sync with maps on screen.
About Shanghai Landing Party
Shanghai Landing Party is a 1939 documentary, war movie directed by Hisatora Kumagai.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 33m, production credits from Japan, an original language code of JA.
The credited cast includes Den Obinata, Sōji Kiyokawa, Hyo Kitazawa, Ko Yamamuro. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
