Story Line
Inspired by the real life rescue of over 300 British soldiers in 1942, Dongji Rescue is a rousing, action-packed story of heroism on the high seas. When the Japanese warship Lisbon Maru is torpedoed off the coast of Dongji Island, the lives of over 300 British POWs on board are at risk of being claimed by the sea. Their only hope is a small group of defiant Chinese fisherman who will do anything to rescue and protect them from their captors.
“Any Chinese can be a hero.”
Top Cast
Zhu Yilong
A Bi
Leo Wu
A Dang
Ni Ni
A Hua
Yang Haoyu
Li Yuanxing
Chen Minghao
Mr. Chen
Ni Dahong
Boss Wu
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Rating
7.1/ 10
Release Date
2025-08-08
Runtime
2h 14m
Genres
DramaHistoryWar
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•8/29/2025If you saw Fang Li’s documentary from 2023 on the sinking of the “Lisbon Maru” then you’ll know it was a freighter travelling from Hong Kong to Japan carrying over a thousand British POWs. It was torpedoed by an US submarine and to say the treatment ...