The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru

Original title: Li Si Ben wan chen mo

2023
2h 3m

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Through detailed historical investigation, the crew tried their best to find the core parties and descendants from UK, US, Japan and China, getting close to the truth about the sinking of th... Read allThrough detailed historical investigation, the crew tried their best to find the core parties and descendants from UK, US, Japan and China, getting close to the truth about the sinking of the "Lisbon Maru", aka "ship of death" in WW II.Through detailed historical investigation, the crew tried their best to find the core parties and descendants from UK, US, Japan and China, getting close to the truth about the sinking of the "Lisbon Maru", aka "ship of death" in WW II.

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- Fang Li

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IMDb RATING

8.4/10

372

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Directors
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- Fang Li

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- 2 wins total

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Submitted for Best Documentary Feature Film category of the 97th Academy Awards in 2025.

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10/10

Humanity and courage

Thanks to the director to tell us this history, history cannot be forgotten.

The POWs were all so young, i cannot hold my tears when i was watching the documentary. I cannot imagine how desperate they were and words cannot express the feelings.

Actually anybody knows history understands it's a quite complicated history for Chinese people. That's why the kindness and selflessness of the fishermen in Dongji island China are so moving and inspiring. They could've been killed by Japanese soldiers but still they did everything they could to help the English POWs. Humanity is the only treasure in war.

Hope there's no war in the world and the way from home is not long anymore.