The Chinese Widow

The Chinese Widow

97 mins | Drama, Romance, War, History | Nov. 10, 2017

It’s 1941 and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has destroyed America’s morale. The US President Franklin D. Roosevelt then decides to risk it all by bombing Tokyo and raise more hope for his citizens. After completing its mission, a unit of the US Air Force is forced to make an emergency landing in China. Its commander Jack Turner (Emilie Hirsch) barely survives but gets rescued by Ying (Crystal Liu), a local widow who will stop at nothing to hide him from the Japanese occupant.

The Chinese Widow

97 mins | Drama, Romance, War, History | Nov. 10, 2017

The Chinese Widow
It’s 1941 and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has destroyed America’s morale. The US President Franklin D. Roosevelt then decides to risk it all by bombing Tokyo and raise more hope for his citizens. After completing its mission, a unit of the US Air Force is forced to make an emergency landing in China. Its commander Jack Turner (Emilie Hirsch) barely survives but gets rescued by Ying (Crystal Liu), a local widow who will stop at nothing to hide him from the Japanese occupant.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers ROC Pictures
Original title 烽火芳菲
Directors Bille August
Writers Greg Latter

Cast

Liu Yifei

as Ying

Emile Hirsch

as Jack Turner

Fangcong Li

as Niuniu

Kevin Yan

as Kai

Yu Shaoqun

as Jun

Vincent Riotta

as Jimmy Doolittle

Tsukagoshi Hirotaka

as Shimamoto

Gallen Lo

as Captain Hsu

Gong Hanlin

as Ying's father-in-law

Tiankuo Gong

as Lieutenant Sun

Vivian Wu

as Old Nunu

Xie Fang

as Aunt Li