China Night (1940)

10.0/10 89 min Drama

Overview

Wartime propaganda filmed by the Japanese in occupied China, Shirley Yamaguchi portrays an orphan rescued from the streets by a kindly Japanese merchant marine officer. Part spy thriller and part Shanghai travelogue, it was part of a popular series known as "Chinese Continental Friendship" made by the occupying Japanese in China.

Cast

Kazuo Hasegawa

Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Kamatari Fujiwara

Zenpei Saga

Tamae Kiyokawa

Rikie Sanjō

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