The story of the film is based on a true historical event during World War II: In 1942, a Japanese cargo ship named "Rishimoto Maru" carrying over 1,8[Expand All]
< p> The story of the film is based on a true historical event during World War II: In 1942, a Japanese cargo ship named "Rishimoto Maru" carrying over 1,800 British prisoners of war was sunk by a torpedo attack from an American submarine near the Zhoushan Archipelago. Nearby fishermen from Dongji risked their lives to rescue over 300 British soldiers and protected and rescued three Britons during the large-scale search by the Japanese army. This period of history is known as the "Lisbon Maru Shipwreck Incident". < /p>[Collapse]
