Overview:
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.| Original Title: | 东极岛 |
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| Status: | Released (2025-08-08) |
| Awards: | 7 wins & 6 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $151,957 |
| Screen: | Shu Chen, Runnian Dong, Ji Zhang |
| Productions: | 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 |
| Production Countries: | China |
| Spoken Languages: | 普通话 |
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If you saw Fang Li’s documentary from 2023 on the sinking of the “Lisbon Maru” then you’ll know it was a freighter travelling from Hong Kong to Japan carrying over a thousand British POWs. It was torpedoed by an US submarine and to say the treatment of the prisoners by their captors ....
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