If you saw Fang Li’s documentary from 2023 on the sinking of the “Lisbon Maru” then you’ll know it was a freighter travelling from Hong Kong to Japan carrying over a thousand British POWs. It was torpedoed by an US submarine and to say the treatment of the prisoners by their captors was inhumane would be the mother of all understatements! What this dramatisation does is shift the emphasis more onto the brutality of…
Any Chinese can be a hero.
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.
Top 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
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What is Dongji Rescue about?
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…
When was Dongji Rescue released?
Dongji Rescue was released in 2025.
What genres does Dongji Rescue belong to?
Dongji Rescue is categorised as Drama, History, War.
Who stars in Dongji Rescue?
The cast of Dongji Rescue includes Zhu Yilong, Leo Wu, Ni Ni, Yang Haoyu, Chen Minghao.