Signal Fires of Shanghai (1944)

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.

Directing:
  • Griffin Yueh Feng
  • Hiroshi Inagaki

Writing:
  • Doe Ching
  • Fuji Yahiro

Stars:
Release Date: 1944-12-28
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  • Country: JP
  • Language: 普通话 | 日本語
  • Runtime: 67
Tsumasaburō Bandō
Tsumasaburō B...
Shinsaku Takasugi
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Ryūnosuke Tsu...
Saisuke Godai
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Ryōsuke Kagaw...
Heirokurô Numata
Li Li-Hua
Li Li-Hua
Wang Ying
Langen Han
Langen Han
Ah Lin - the waiter
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Tatsuya Ishig...
Kuranosuke Nakamuta
Han Lan-Gen
Han Lan-Gen
Ah Lin - the waiter
Jiang Ming
Jiang Ming
Shen Changling
Kiang Sieu
Kiang Sieu
Townsend Ward
Wang Danfeng
Wang Danfeng
Shen Taohua
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