"Chinese/Japanese war film "Hundred regiments offensive"" Topic

YouTube link

Last one for tonight.

Again, sub titled. Chinese I assume?

Not a topic often covered in film so might appeal to some of you.
From a quick look, you get some pretty decent mock-ups of Japanese tanks and some decent action.
I'd assume its pretty jingoistic but hey, how many Japanese tanks do you get to watch on film?

Give it a watch and let's see if it's any good.

I tried but it was pretty boring to me. I know, the exposition is going to be because the story is being set-up, but not knowing the language makes it worse. I might try again later, but life is short and there's so much more Youtube out there!

Excellent! Big fan of Chinese cinema. Lookin forward to watching this later.

Thanks.

It's basically a kung fu set in the 1930s with a handful of martial artists slaughtering Japanese troops by the dozens. Lots of hand to hand combat so the actors can show off their skills.

It's pretty silly most of the time though but it's still fun to watch

When I was in China adopting my daughter it seemed every other program on television had a China v. Japan theme. There were programs that I assumed were the equivalent of soap operas set during the war. Very fascinating stuff. And they seem to do a good job of indoctrinating the kids into having a hatred of the Japanese. My daughter, when she was first home and put into school was reviewing national flags, pointed to the Japanese flag and said… very bad people.I have since softened her stance on the subject through discussions about history and trying to not pass blanket judgements on cultures and people.

MHZ used to run "The Chinese Channel" (or something like that),which regularly featured series of this sort. As Rdfraf said,lots of swordplay,but some fairly large battles,sprinkled throughout the "heroic" soap opera. Some give the impression that the Nationalists were allies of the Japanese.

They also ran a series about Genghis Khan,in something like 30 45-minute episodes(!). That one was subtitled, but obviously by a native Chinese speaker,so much of it made no more sense to me than if it had been left in the original. Quite a bit of action,though.

Now MHZ carries two much more polished all-English channels,with none of these things. Boring.

That's really good. Thanks for the link Weasel.

Appreciate the extra insight creativeguy

In 1976, Hong Kong director Chang Cheh gave us "Seven Man Army." It's now interesting to see "Hundred Regiments Offensive."

Too be fair can you even imagine the rancor if modern Germany glossed over the atrocities committed by Nazi Germany and even tried to portray itself as a victim because of the Allied bombing campaign?

I am not surprised that Japan fares poorly in Chinese media.