The Refugee
1955·Japan·135 min.
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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…
DirectorYoshitaro Nomura
ScreenwriterToshio Shiina
MusicChuji Kinoshita
CinematographySeiji Inoue
CastKeiko Kishi·Keiji Sada·Shin Saburi·Yûnosuke Itô·Chishu Ryu·Hung Mei·Fujio Suga·Kumeko Urabe·Shin Tokudaiji·Toshiko Kobayashi
Original titleBomeiki