The Children of Huang Shi(2008)
War made them orphans, one man made them legends
About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.
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George Hogg
Lee Pearson
Chen Hansheng
Duschka
Mrs. Wang
Second Brother
Andy Fisher
Hostile Kempetai Officer
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