Signal Fires of Shanghai

Signal Fires of Shanghai (1944)

狼火は上海に揚る

During the Taiping Rebellion of the mid-19th century, anti-Qing (Manchu) Chinese forces led by Taiping commander Li Xiucheng march on Shanghai. Although the Western powers are officially neutral, the British consul in Shanghai sides with the Qing imperial government, and counter to his own government's policy he retains American adventurer Frederick Townsend Ward to raise a mercenary force of foreigners in Shanghai and oppose the Taipings. Ward's force is routed, with heavy casualties, but since many of the casualties are British, the British army soon is drawn in on the side of the Qings. The only support for the Chinese comes from Japanese in Shanghai and anti-imperialist demonstrations in Japan. A family drama plays out against this historical background. After a Chinese home is destroyed by careless British shelling, killing the father and crippling a daughter, the surviving son vows revenge but begins to see that his true friends may be the Japanese.

Date of release
1944-12-28
TMDB
7.8 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 7m
Genres
Drama, History
Director
Griffin Yueh Feng, Hiroshi Inagaki

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Interesting facts

Noroshi wa Shanghai ni Agaru is a 1944 Japanese historical film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. The story centers on Takasugi Shinsaku's trip to China to foster alliances to resist Western imperialism in Asia. It was a Japan–China co-production made during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai during World War II.

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