The Brave Lion (1974)
猛獅
During Japan's invasion of China in World War II, two disgraced Japanese soldiers are given a second chance. Facing execution for various infractions, the two men are offered a reprieve if they take a special assignment. Since they can speak Chinese and know the territory, the men are assigned to the task of running a Chinese labor camp the Japanese operate in occupied territory. After the men take over, they work the prisoner's so hard the labor force rises up in revolt of their treatment.
- Date of release
- 1974-01-01
- TMDB
- 4.8 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Director
- Wu Fei-Chie
Casting
- Barry Chan
- Tsai Hung — Wang Hsing
- Cheng Fu-Hung — Japanese Agent (Huge guy)
- Yu Heng — Mr. Zhang
- Tai Liang — Doctor
- Tsang Ming-Cheong
- Yueh Feng — Worker
- Wang Fei — Japanese Agent (Manager)
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