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The Eight Hundred: Directed by Guan Hu. With Zhizhong Huang, Junyi Zhang, Hao Ou, Xiaoguang Hu. In 1937, 800 Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.
- (7.4K)
- Action, Drama, History
- Hu Guan
- 2020-08-28
This revealing film recounts the events that led to the fighting that began in Shanghai in 1937, which would become part of a larger, global conflict. The programme reflects the latest...
- 56 min
- 16
- DiBond Documentaries
The Eight Hundred (Chinese: 八佰) is a 2020 Chinese historical war drama film directed by and co-written by Guan Hu, and starring Huang Zhizhong, Oho Ou, Wang Qianyuan, Jiang Wu, Zhang Yi, Du Chun, Vision Wei, Li Chen, and Yu Haoming. The film is based on real life events: the defense of Sihang Warehouse in 1937 Shanghai by Chinese NRA troops ...
The Eight Hundred recounts a key moment in the Battle of Shanghai in 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War when 452 Chinese soldiers, led by Lieutenant Colonel Xie Jinyuan (Du Chun), are ordered to defend the fortress-like Sihang Warehouse against the much larger Japanese army.
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- 2 min
- 238.9K
- Smithsonian Channel
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Aug 24, 2020 · In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers and draft dodgers fight for four days under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.
