4 real historical locations · China
Zhang Yimou's spectacular film depicting the 524th Regiment's defence of the Sihang Warehouse in Shanghai in October 1937, fighting across from the International Settlement whose residents watched from the opposite bank. The most expensive Chinese film ever made.
CinemaMapped has mapped 4 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning China.
The 2020 Chinese epic depicts the defence of Sihang Warehouse — 452 Chinese soldiers holding an isolated building in Shanghai against Japanese forces for fou...
The Battle of Sihang Warehouse took place from 26-31 October 1937 during the Battle of Shanghai. The 88th Division's 1st Battalion, approximately 452 men, held the warehouse adjacent to the International Settlement wh...
View location →The six-story concrete warehouse where 452 Chinese soldiers held off the Japanese Army for four days — with the International Settlement watching from across...
The Battle of Sihang Warehouse (October 26-31, 1937) was the last stand of the Chinese 88th Division. The 452 defenders — mythologized as 800 — held the building against thousands of Japanese troops while the world wa...
View location →The narrow waterway dividing the besieged Chinese defenders from the neutral International Settlement — where thousands of civilians watched the battle.
Suzhou Creek formed the boundary between the Chinese-defended area and the International Settlement. The creek was narrow enough that spectators on one bank could watch soldiers dying on the other — creating one of th...
View location →The northern Shanghai district where the broader Battle of Shanghai began — 250,000 Chinese troops fighting to hold the city against Japanese amphibious land...
The Battle of Shanghai from August to November 1937 was one of the largest battles of the entire war. China lost 187,000 soldiers defending the city. The battle convinced Japan to shift to a war of attrition, while de...
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