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1. The Spring River Flows East （1947）
The Spring River Flows East, considered as China's equivalent to "Gone With The Wind", is over three hours long and was released in two parts: "Eight Years of Turmoil" and "Before and After Dawn" and tells the story of a family during and after the War of Resistance Against Japan.
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2. Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon（1947）
A university student Jiang Lingyu joined the Shanghai performance team to publicize the spirit of resistance against Japan. She fell in love with the musician Gao Libin of the team. Gao’s team arrived in Chongqing. Jiang's cousin Zhou once expressed love to her and was rejected. After the Japanese surrendered, Lingyu and Libin finally got married.
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3. Tunnel warfare (1965)
During China's War of Resistance against Japan, the Japanese invaders launched barbarous "mopping-up" campaigns against the Communist-led base areas. Inspired by Chairman Mao's thinking on people's war, everyone closely coordinating with the Eighth Route Army units to develop guerrilla warfare over a large area, and creating the "tunnel warfare" that has become so well known. Making good use of tunnels, the army and people fought the Japanese aggressors, using various stratagems to wipe out the enemy's effectives. In the end the enemy "mopping-up" campaigns were smashed and the aggressors suffered decisive defeats.
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4. Guerrillas on the Railway (1956)
It tells a legendary story in Shandong Province during the War of Resistance against Japanese Invasion. During the War, railway guerrillas led by CPC try their best to fight against the Japanese invaders by destroying their Railway equipment or seizing enemy’s weapons and provisions. The guerrilla grows bigger and stronger. Led by its wise head, Liu Hong, the guerrilla breaks through the enemy’s tight encirclement and gets rid of the enemy’s spy team.
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5. Guerrillas Sweep the Plain (1955)
This film gives a description of the guerrilla warfare during the War of Resistance against Japanese Invasion. Li Xiangyang, an ordinary commander of the Eighth Rout Army, is commissioned to penetrate into the backside of the enemy’s reign, launching a secret war against Japanese forces according to the deployment of the Army.
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6. The Warfare of Landmine (1962)
The Warfare of Landmine tells a story about villagers closely coordinating with soldiers against the Japanese aggressors, in the enemy's rear area. Chinese people came up with various stratagems. By making good use of landmines, army and local people conducted the warfare of landmine to fight against the ascendant enemies and destroyed the enemy's sweeps during the War of Resistance against Japan. The warfare of Landmine reflects the fighting experience and glorious traditions at that time. In the end the enemy’s campaigns were smashed and the aggressors suffered decisive defeats.
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7. The Battle of Tai’erzhuang (1986)
During the War of Resistance against Japan, Li Zongren, the most famous general of KMT, commands the KMT soldiers to fight the Japanese invaders in Tai’erzhuang, wiping out more than ten thousand Japanese soldiers. The morality and personality of the generals such as Li Zongren, Zhang Zizhong, Wang Mingzhang, Sun Lianzhong are vividly described.
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8. Red Sorghum (1987)
The story is told from the first person's points of view in a village of Shandong province during the earlier period of war of resistance against Japan. Jiu'er, a young bride arranged to marry the leprous owner of a sorghum winery. But the leper dies, and Jiu'er takes over the winery, along with her lover. Their rural lives are filled with struggle and even joy, but the invasion of the Japanese brings bloody slaughters and provoked deep hatred among the people in the sorghum winery. Jiu'er and other crews died when fighting the Japanese aggressors.
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9. National Anthem (1999)
This film brings the traumatic and humiliating moment in 1930s when Chinese people meet the critical moment back t life. It portrays patriotic characters in the art and literature circle with Tian Han and Nie'er as representatives, who march bravely fighting against Japanese invaders. Meanwhile it also elaborates how the National Anthem-The March of the Volunteers-come into being.
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10. Purple Sunset (2001)
The Purple Sunset is the final entry of Director Feng Xiaoning's "War and Peace" trilogy. It tells a gripping story of three enemies, respectively from Japan, Soviet and China, who must band together in the name of survival. The three spoke different languages and were hostile towards one another finally overcome cultural, national, and linguistic differences to find their way to safety.