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The Eight Hundred

Name: The Eight Hundred
Director: Guan Hu
Genre: War, History, Drama, Action
Released: 2020-08-14
Duration: 147 min
Cast: Wang Qianyuan, Zhang Yi, Huang Zhizhong, Jiang Wu, Ou Hao

2020 · 2h 27m · War, History, Drama, Action

Watch it tonight if you're hungry for large-scale war cinema with real historical weight—this Chinese blockbuster delivers visceral action and an underdog story that actually matters, even if it flies under most Western radar. The siege-within-a-battle premise is inherently gripping, and you won't find this kind of scope in typical streaming offerings.

Plot

In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.

Director: Guan Hu

Cast: Wang Qianyuan, Zhang Yi, Huang Zhizhong, Jiang Wu, Ou Hao

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