🏷 Discover The Best Japanese Occupation Of China Movies & TV Shows

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Unveiling the Hidden Histories: Best Movies and TV Shows about Japanese Occupation of China

Delve into the tumultuous past of China's occupation by Japan and discover a wealth of cinematic masterpieces that bring to life the struggles, sacrifices, and triumphs of the Chinese people during this pivotal period. From epic dramas to poignant documentaries, our curated selection of movies and TV shows offers a profound understanding of this complex chapter in history.

The Last Emperor
Cast
John Lone John Lone
Joan Chen Joan Chen
Peter O'Toole Peter O'Toole
Ruocheng Ying Ruocheng Ying
7.6 1.9K votes
Genre: Drama, History
Country: China, France
Duration: 163 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
Plot:  suicide, experiment, isolation, buddhism, becoming an adult, war crimes, suicide attempt, war on drugs, ...
Time:  world war ii, 1920s, 1940s, ...
Place:  china
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Empire of the Sun
Cast
Christian Bale Christian Bale
John Malkovich John Malkovich
Miranda Richardson Miranda Richardson
Nigel Havers Nigel Havers
7.5 2.2K votes
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: United States of America
Duration: 153 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirit, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.
Plot:  based on novel or book, shanghai, china, atomic bomb, stadium, bravery, peasant, prisoner of war, ...
Time:  world war ii
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The Flowers of War
Cast
Christian Bale Christian Bale
Ni Ni Ni Ni
Zhang Xinyi Zhang Xinyi
Huang Tianyuan Huang Tianyuan
7.4 910 votes
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 146 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
Plot:  rape, based on novel or book, brothel, based on true story, atrocity, prostitution, forced prostitution, nanking massacre china 1937, ...
Time:  1930s
Place:  china
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City of Life and Death
Cast
Liu Ye Liu Ye
Gao Yuanyuan Gao Yuanyuan
Hideo Nakaizumi Hideo Nakaizumi
John Paisley John Paisley
7.4 239 votes
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 132 min.
Audience: R
Story:  In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a six week period wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed.
Plot:  war crimes, mass murder, war victim, second sino-japanese war (1937-45), massacre, japanese army, duringcreditsstinger, imperial japan, ...
Time:  1930s
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Red Sorghum
Cast
Gong Li Gong Li
Jiang Wen Jiang Wen
Teng Rujun Teng Rujun
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Liu Ji
7.1 244 votes
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 91 min.
Story:  An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover, identified only as "my Grandpa" by the narrator, take over the winery and set up an idealized quasi-matriarchal community headed by Jiu'er. When the Japanese invaders subject the area to their rule and cut down the sorghum to make way for a road, the community rises up and resists as the sorghum grows anew.
Plot:  based on novel or book, rural area, distillery, japanese occupation of china, war crime
Time:  1940s
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Men Behind the Sun
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Gang Wang
Wang Runshen Wang Runshen
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Hsu Gou
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Tie Long Jin
6.2 263 votes
Genre: History, Horror, War
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story:  Japanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to unit 731, where they're horribly tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons.
Plot:  biological weapon, experiment, war crimes, mass murder, prisoner of war, concentration camp prisoner, torturing police, pacific war, ...
Time:  world war ii
Place:  japan, china
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