China Night (1940)
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.
Released: Jan 02, 1940
Runtime: 89 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Kazuo Hasegawa, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Kamatari Fujiwara, Tomiko Hattori, Yo Shiomi, Ko Mihashi
Crew: Osamu Fushimizu (Director), Hideo Oguni (Screenplay), Kazuo Takimura (Executive Producer), Akira Mimura (Director of Photography), Takashi Matsuyama (Art Direction), Hisashi Shimonaga (Sound Recordist)