8.3
Night and Fog
1956
“Uncovering the truth of history”
The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru (2024)
August 31, 20242h 2mZH
8.6
27 votes
Overview
Filmmaker Fang Li and his crew explore exhaustive historical investigation, as far as possible to find the core of the British, American, Japanese and Chinese parties and descendants, trying to infinitely close to the truth of the World War II "Death Ship" — "Lisbon Maru", which is 30 meters under the sea off the East Polar Island in Zhoushan, China.
Director
Fang LiTop Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Mandarin
Budget
N/A
Revenue
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Production Companies
Laurel FilmsEmei Film StudioShanghai PMF Pictures
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7.0It is quite interesting that it took over seventy years before anyone tried to discover this wreck, but once it was found nestling in the sand it opened up quite a can of worms as we discovered that it was a freighter carrying two thousand tons of wartime supplies and 1,800 British POWs. These men had been ordered to surrender after the fall of Hong Kong and were being taken to “a beautiful land” where they would be put to hard labour. Except, they didn’t get very far before the ship encountered the USS Grouper that found the 7,000 ton vessel a legitimate target and holed it with one torpedo.…
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