After the Japanese invade China in WW 2, a young woman leads a band of partisans against the occupying troops.After the Japanese invade China in WW 2, a young woman leads a band of partisans against the occupying troops.After the Japanese invade China in WW 2, a young woman leads a band of partisans against the occupying troops.
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Did you know
- TriviaDuring World War II (when this film was made) Anna May Wong went out of her way to clarify that she was of Chinese heritage and not Japanese. This included regularly supporting and doing volunteer work for organizations raising funds for Chinese resistance to the Japanese invasion and domination of China.
- GoofsDuring the aerial battle near the beginning of the picture, all the planes have one engine. But Rodney and his partner are suddenly depicted as jumping out of a plane with two engines.
- Quotes
Hans Gruber: You Japanese are wonderful marksmen.
Lt. Shimoto: That was a Japanese plane which came down.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Anna May Wong, Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times and Legend (2007)
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Anna May Wong is radiant
This is a stilted and rather creaky wartime film, made on a low budget and meant to boost morale, so it certainly won't be for everyone. It made for interesting viewing for me, however, because of the luminous presence of Anna May Wong, who didn't disappoint. It's fantastic that her character is the leader of the Chinese resistance to Japanese occupation which gave the film an unexpected aspect of feminism, and her performance is strong. Mae Clarke is wonderful here too. The story is skeletal and rather hokey, but there is power in the film being set in China given the atrocities that were taking place there, and Wong's speech at the end still inspires:
"You cannot kill me. You cannot kill China. Not even a million deaths could crush the soul of China, for the soul of China is eternal. When I die, a million will take my place, and nothing can stop them, neither hunger, nor torture, nor the firing squad. We shall live on until the enemy is driven back over scorched land and hurled into the sea. That time will come soon, for the armies of decency and liberty are on the march. China's destiny is victory. It will live because human freedom will not perish. Out of the ashes of ruin and the old hatreds, the force of peace will prevail, until the world is again sane and beautiful."
"You cannot kill me. You cannot kill China. Not even a million deaths could crush the soul of China, for the soul of China is eternal. When I die, a million will take my place, and nothing can stop them, neither hunger, nor torture, nor the firing squad. We shall live on until the enemy is driven back over scorched land and hurled into the sea. That time will come soon, for the armies of decency and liberty are on the march. China's destiny is victory. It will live because human freedom will not perish. Out of the ashes of ruin and the old hatreds, the force of peace will prevail, until the world is again sane and beautiful."
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- Jul 1, 2022
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- Guerrilla Command
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- Runtime1 hour 6 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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