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Rescue at Dongji

Original title: 东极岛

Any Chinese can be a hero.

2025 · 2h 14m

Directed by Guan Hu and Fei Zhenxiang

8.4

TMDB audience score
74 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Inspired by the real life rescue of over 300 British soldiers in 1942, Dongji Rescue is a rousing, action-packed story of heroism on the high seas. When the Japanese warship Lisbon Maru is torpedoed off the coast of Dongji Island, the lives of over 300 British POWs on board are at risk of being claimed by the sea. Their only hope is a small group of defiant Chinese fisherman who will do anything to rescue and protect them from their captors.

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Cast

  • Zhu Yilong
    A Bi

  • Leo Wu
    A Dang

  • Ni Ni
    A Hua

  • Yang Haoyu
    Li Yuanxing

  • Chen Minghao
    Mr. Chen

  • Ni Dahong
    Boss Wu

  • William Franklyn-Miller
    Thomas Newman

  • Li Jiuxiao
    Qian Jin

  • Wang Yiquan
    A Kui

  • Kevin Lee
    Lt. Col. Stuart

  • Soji Arai

  • Rovaif Babar

  • Elaija Chekhov

  • Barret Coates

  • Kei Gambit

  • Austin Hunza

  • Vincent Matile

  • Tommy Shanahan