The Refugee (1955)

2h 15m · 3 May 1955

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A Chinese medical student named Gan Shosho finds himself cut off from his homeland as he is studying in Japan during the outbreak of the war. Despite his difficult circumstances, he finds love in the form of Sachiko and the two marry. They later travel to Nanjing to live a new life together where Sachiko and Shaochang cooperate with the Japanese-backed government. Their ultimate hope is to secure peace but their idealism is not enough to keep them together through brutal times and with the end of the war the two find themselves facing a divorce... --Osaka Asian Film Festival

Movie ID	118311
Genre	Drama
Director	Yoshitarō Nomura
Main cast	Keiko Kishi, Keiji Sada, Shin Saburi, Yūnosuke Itō, Chishū Ryū, Celia Paul, Chen Yu-Hsin, Hung Mei
Release date	3 May 1955
Release year	1955
Language	Japanese
Duration	135 min (2h 15m)
Rating	–
Production house	Shochiku