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The Refugee

19552h 15mNo ratings yet
  • Drama

Overview

A Chinese medical student named Gan Shosho finds himself cut off from his homeland as he is studying in Japan during the outbreak of the war. Despite his difficult circumstances, he finds love in the form of Sachiko and the two marry. They later travel to Nanjing to live a new life together where Sachiko and Shaochang cooperate with the Japanese-backed government. Their ultimate hope is to secure peace but their idealism is not enough to keep them together through brutal times and with the end of the war the two find themselves facing a divorce... --Osaka Asian Film Festival

Keywords

  • 1950s
  • world war ii
  • japan
  • refugee
  • nanjing

Details

Status
Released
Release date
May 3, 1955
Original language
Japanese
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
Shochiku
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
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