

The Third Class Citizen
1987, Chinese. Directed by Huang Baoshan.
Set in 1930s in Northeast China. Three friends attend the high school in Japanese puppet regime in Manchuria. They are forced to study Japanese and learn to live as conquered people. They see that their patriot teacher is arrested, revolutionists are killed, family members are persecuted. They determine to envisage nationalistic pride and make up their minds to fight Japanese aggressors.
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- 11 July 1987
- Original title
- 三等国民
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- China
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The Third Class Citizen (1987) was directed by Huang Baoshan and stars Zhang Yonghan, Cao Peichang, Liu Boying.