Eight Hundred Heroes

For the historical event the film is based on, see Defense of Sihang Warehouse. For other uses, see 800 Heroes (disambiguation).

Eight Hundred Heroes (traditional Chinese: 八百壯士; simplified Chinese: 八百壮士; pinyin: Bābǎi zhuàngshì) is a 1976 Taiwanese historical war drama film directed by Ting Shan-hsi about the Defense of Sihang Warehouse in 1937 Shanghai, China. The film was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[1]

Eight Hundred Heroes
Film poster
Directed by	Ting Shan-hsi
Written by	Ting Shan-hsi
Starring	Ko Chun-hsiung Hsu Feng Brigitte Lin Chin Han
Cinematography	Wenjin Lin
Release date	1976 (1976)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Language	Mandarin

Cast

• Ko Chun-hsiung as Lieutenant Colonel Xie Jinyuan
• Brigitte Lin as Yang Huimin
• Hsu Feng as Ling Weicheng, Xie's wife
• Sylvia Chang as Li Cini, a girl guide
• Chin Han as Major Shangguan Zhibiao
• Carter Wong
• Chin Han
• Chan Hung-lit
• Peter Yang
• Sihung Lung

See also

• List of submissions to the 49th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Taiwanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

1. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

External links

• Ba bai zhuang shi at IMDb
• Eight Hundred Heroes at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase