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The Chinese Widow (2017)

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.

  • Drama
  • Romance
  • History
  • War

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Liu YifeiLiu YifeiYing
  • Photo of Emile HirschEmile HirschJack Turner
  • Photo of Fangcong LiFangcong LiNiuniu
  • Photo of Kevin YanKevin YanKai
  • Photo of Yu ShaoqunYu ShaoqunJun
  • Photo of Vincent RiottaVincent RiottaJimmy Doolittle
  • Photo of Tsukagoshi HirotakaTsukagoshi HirotakaShimamoto
  • Photo of Gallen Lo Ka-LeungGallen Lo Ka-LeungCaptain Hsu
  • Photo of Shu YaoxuanShu Yaoxuan
  • Photo of Gong HanlinGong HanlinYing's father-in-law

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