The Eight Hundred

In the fall of 1937, as the Japanese invasion of Shanghai was nearing it's successful conclusion, Chiang Kai-shek ordered a suicide defense of the Sihang Warehouse-which was situated in full view of American and British concessionaires across the river. The story of how 452 young officers and soldiers held off 20,000 of Hirohito's troops receives a remarkable retelling; Huang Zhizhong, Oho Ou, Zhang Junyi, Du Chun star. 149 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack Mandarin; Subtitles: English. In Mandarin with English subtitles.