Search results for

Boy left at home when japanese occupied hong kong

The Boy in the Dress
6.0

The Boy in the Dress

2014

Dennis feels different - an ordinary boy in an ordinary house in an ordinary street, playing football with his mates and living with his dad and brother, but frustrated by the boring grey world he inhabits. Life has never really been the same since his mum left. However, transformation can happen in the most unexpected places. Aided by Lisa, the coolest girl in the school, Dennis creates a whole new persona and puts it to the ultimate test - but can a boy wear a dress, and what will the headmaster, his dad and his friends on the football team think if they find out?

More details Found in 4 other searches
Rate this match:
Empire of the Sun
8.0

Empire of the Sun

1987

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirit, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.

More details Found in 116 other searches
Rate this match:
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
6.0

The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

1987

Documentary about the making of director Steven Spielberg's film Empire of the Sun

More details Found in 82 other searches
Rate this match:
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
7.0

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

1958

All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Not qualified to be sent there as a missionary, Gladys works as a domestic to earn the money to send herself to a poor, remote village. There she eventually lives a full and happy life: running the inn, acting as "foot inspector", advising the local Mandarin, and even winning the heart of mixed race Captain Lin Nan. But Gladys discovers her real destiny when the country is invaded by Japan and the Chinese children need her to save their lives. Based on a true story.

WarDrama Movie
More details Found in 32 other searches
Rate this match:
A Town Like Alice
6.0

A Town Like Alice

1956

In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no plan on what to do with the women and children of the British.

More details Found in 5 other searches
Rate this match:
A Town Like Alice
8.0

A Town Like Alice

Set against the brutal chaos of World War II, a love story begins that will take two lovers through a living nightmare of captivity, across three continents and two decades.

More details Found in 14 other searches
Rate this match:
The World of Suzie Wong
6.0

The World of Suzie Wong

1960

A Hong Kong prostitute tries modeling and falls for the artist who's painting her.

More details Found in 9 other searches
Rate this match:
1941 Hong Kong on Fire
1.0

1941 Hong Kong on Fire

1994

A family suffers at the hands of the Japanese during the occupation of Hong Kong. On December 25, 1941, the Japanese army occupied Hong Kong. The pawnshop owner, Luo Kai has three daughters, the eldest daughter Wangdi, the second daughter Xindi, and the youngest daughter Aidi. When the Japanese army captured Kowloon, Aidi was violently tortured by the Japanese army and suffered a mental disorder. Xindi followed his lover Shen Fang to rescue the wounded in the temporary hospital. In order to curry favor with the Japanese army, Luo Kai did not hesitate to sacrifice his eldest daughter Wangdi. However, not long after he became a traitor, his second daughter Xindi was attracted by a Japanese military officer. Luo Kai finally couldn't bear to fight against Wangdi to stop him. In the chaos...

DramaWar Movie
Rate this match:
Three Years & Eight Months

Three Years & Eight Months

In 1941, Japan launched the Pacific War. Yang Helen (Huang Shuyi), the daughter of university professor Yang Jun (played by Zhu Ruitang), together with her classmates Yu Lide, friends Liu Guang (played by Yu Yang), Liu Xia and others organized a drama troupe to promote the Anti-Japanese War. During the rehearsal, the troupe happened to encounter Japanese warlords bombing Hong Kong, destroying their performance plan, and Hong Kong was immediately declared to be occupied. The local economy has been devastated, and the residents are only provided with a daily ration of six or two meters of grain, making life miserable. At the same time, the Japanese warlords also hoped to use gentle means to divide Hong Kong residents, and many patriots were killed because of this. Professor Yang was arrested for advocating youth resistance against Japan, and was imprisoned by the leader of the Japanese army, Sang Ye...

More details Found in 1 other search
Rate this match:
The Battle Among the Clans

The Battle Among the Clans

The story begins with the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong coming to an end in 1945 and the remaining Japanese dying or leaving the territory. The British colonial government have yet to fully resume its duties. Citizens themselves are flushing out the remaining traitors one by one. Soon, multiple societies of different legions were formed within the HK underground. Each one tries to control the city in a time of very weak and corrupt governance.

More details Found in 42 other searches
Rate this match:

Rate This Search

How well did these results match your search?

Related searches

Browse more: Movies TV Shows Genres