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The Chinese Widow
The Chinese Widow

The Chinese Widow

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Chinese

Runtime

97 mins

Rating

7.224/10

Release Date

10 November 2017

Country

China

Cast

Liu Yifei

Liu Yifei

Ying

Emile Hirsch

Emile Hirsch

Jack Turner

Fangcong Li

Fangcong Li

Niuniu

Kevin Yan

Kevin Yan

Kai

Yu Shaoqun

Yu Shaoqun

Jun

Vincent Riotta

Vincent Riotta

Jimmy Doolittle

Tsukagoshi Hirotaka

Tsukagoshi Hirotaka

Shimamoto

Gallen Lo Ka-Leung

Gallen Lo Ka-Leung

Captain Hsu

Shu Yaoxuan

Shu Yaoxuan

Gong Hanlin

Gong Hanlin

Ying's father-in-law

Tiankuo Gong

Tiankuo Gong

Lieutenant Sun

Cary Woodworth

Cary Woodworth

Mac

Lambert Houston

Lambert Houston

Sam

Vivian Wu

Vivian Wu

Old Nunu

Xie Fang

Xie Fang

Aunt Li

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