The Chinese Widow (2017)

7.2/10 97 min Drama Romance History War

Overview

It’s 1941 and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has destroyed America’s morale. The US President Franklin D. Roosevelt then decides to risk it all by bombing Tokyo and raise more hope for his citizens. After completing its mission, a unit of the US Air Force is forced to make an emergency landing in China. Its commander Jack Turner (Emilie Hirsch) barely survives but gets rescued by Ying (Crystal Liu), a local widow who will stop at nothing to hide him from the Japanese occupant.

Cast

Liu Yifei

Ying

Emile Hirsch

Jack Turner

Fangcong Li

Niuniu

Kevin Yan

Kai

Yu Shaoqun

Jun

Vincent Riotta

Jimmy Doolittle

Tsukagoshi Hirotaka

Shimamoto

Gallen Lo Ka-Leung

Captain Hsu

Shu Yaoxuan

Gong Hanlin

Ying's father-in-law

Tiankuo Gong

Lieutenant Sun

Cary Woodworth

Mac

Vivian Wu

Old Nunu

Xie Fang

Aunt Li

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