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Rescue at Dongji (2025)
Directed by Guan Hu, Fei Zhenxiang
“Any Chinese can be a hero.”
Drama, History, War · 2h 14m
Inspired by the real life rescue of over 300 British soldiers in 1942, Dongji Rescue is a rousing, action-packed story of heroism on the high seas. When the Japanese warship Lisbon Maru is torpedoed off the coast of Dongji Island, the lives of over 300 British POWs on board are at risk of being claimed by the sea. Their only hope is a small group of defiant Chinese fisherman who will do anything to rescue and protect them from their captors.
Cast
Zhu Yilong
Leo Wu
Ni Ni
Yang Haoyu
Chen Minghao
Ni Dahong
William Franklyn-Miller
Li Jiuxiao
Wang Yiquan
Kevin Lee
Soji Arai
Rovaif Babar
Crew
- Director
- Guan Hu, Fei Zhenxiang
- Writer
- Dong Runnian, Zhang Ji, Chen Shu, Fei Zhenxiang
- Director of Photography
- Gao Weizhe
- Original Music Composer
- Atli Örvarsson
- Producer
- Zhu Wenjiu, Liang Jing
Details
- Original title
- 东极岛
- Release date
- 2025-08-08
- Runtime
- 2h 14m
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Original language
- ZH
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin
- Countries
- China
- Production
- The Seventh Art Pictures, Tao Piao Piao 淘票票, Beijing Culture 北京京西文化, Beijing Enlight Pictures, China Film Group Corporation
- Budget
- $80,000,000
- Box office
- $50,155,648