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
Film poster
Directed by	Shan-hsi Ting
Written by	Shan-hsi Ting
Starring	Ko Chun-hsiung Hsu Feng Brigitte Lin Chin Han
Cinematography	Wenjin Lin
Release date	1977 (1977)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Language	Mandarin

Eight Hundred Heroes (Chinese: 八百壮士; pinyin: Ba bai zhuang shi) is a 1977 Taiwanese drama film directed by Shan-hsi Ting 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.

Cast

• Ko Chun-hsiung as Lieutenant Colonel Xie Jinyuan
• Brigitte Lin as Yang Huimin, a girl scout guide deliver a flag to the soldiers
• Hsu Feng as Ling Weicheng, Xie's wife
• Sylvia Chang as Li Cini, a girl guide
• Chin Han as Major Shangguan Zhibiao
• Chang Yi
• 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

External links

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