China Night

Wartime propaganda filmed by the Japanese in occupied China, Shirley Yamaguchi portrays an orphan rescued from the streets by a kindly Japanese merchant marine officer. Part spy thriller and part Shanghai travelogue, it was part of a popular series known as "Chinese Continental Friendship" made by the occupying Japanese in China.

Director: Osamu Fushimizu

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Kamatari Fujiwara, Tomiko Hattori, Yo Shiomi, Kō Mihashi, Zenpei Saga, Kinji Fujiwa

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.