The Children of Huang Shi

Apr 3, 2008

2h 5m

★ 6.7

War made them orphans, one man made them legends

Overview

About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.

Genres

Drama

War

Production Companies

Australian Film Finance Corporation

Zero Fiction Film

Ming Productions

Bluewater Pictures

Cheerland Entertainment Organization

Hyde Park Entertainment

Rouge Entertainment Group

Sony Pictures Classics

MEDIA Programme of the European Union

Filmstiftung NRW

Australian Film Commission

Zero West Filmproduktion

Pictorion Pictures

The Children of Huang Shi Trailers

Cast

George Hogg

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Lee Pearson

Radha Mitchell

Chen Hansheng

Chow Yun-Fat

Duschka

Anastasia Kolpakova

Mrs. Wang

Michelle Yeoh

Second Brother

Zhou Bo

Shi-Kai

Guang Li

Horse Rider

Ji Lin

Andy Fisher

Matthew Walker

Hostile Kempetai Officer

Takashima Shinichi

Japanese Officer II

Zhu Ruixiang

Roger Appsley

Shane Briant

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