1999, Color, 100 mins / in Mandarin with English subtitles

On September 18,1931, the northeastern China was occupied by the Japanese army. This event inspired a sense of deep patriotism in a young dramatist, Tian Han, who devotes himself to the anti-Japanese movement through his plays and music. The March of the Volunteer Army inspired a whole nation to fight off the Japanese invaders and became the national anthem of the People's Republic of China. This epic film depicts the struggle and determination of a nation facing overwhelming odds.

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