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The Children of Huang Shi(2008)
Status: Released
Date: 2008-04-03
67%
163 Votes
Time: 2h 5m
War made them orphans, one man made them legends
Overview:
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.
Languages: Japanese, Mandarin, English.
Countries:
Australia,
Belgium,
China,
Germany,
United States of America
Budget: $40,000,000.00
Revenue: $7,785,317.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Zero Fiction Film
Ming Productions
Bluewater Pictures
Cheerland Entertainment Organization
Rouge Entertainment Group
Filmstiftung NRW
Zero West Filmproduktion
Pictorion Pictures
Movie: The Children of Huang Shi
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
George Hogg
Radha Mitchell
Lee Pearson
周潤發
Chen Hansheng
Anastasia Kolpakova
Duschka
Michelle Yeoh
Mrs. Wang
周波
Second Brother
Matthew Walker
Andy Fisher
Takashima Shinichi
Hostile Kempetai Officer
Video Trailer The Children of Huang Shi
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