The Refugee

Overview

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... --Osaka Asian Film Festival

Cast

Keiko Kishi

Sachiko

Keiji Sada

Shaochang

Shin Saburi

Yūnosuke Itō

Chishū Ryū

Celia Paul

Chen Yu-Hsin

Hung Mei

N/A

Matsuko Shiga

N/A

Kamon Kawamura

N/A

Aizo Tamashima

Toshiko Kobayashi