Jia wu feng yun (AKA The Naval Battle of 1894) (1962) (English Subtitles)

AKA 甲午风云 AKA Jiǎwǔ fēngyún Directed by Lin Nong (林农) Starring: Li Jie 李颉 - Liu Buchan Li Moran 李默然 - Deng Shicang Pang Xueqin 庞学勤 - Wang Guocheng Pu Ke 浦克 - Ding Ruchang Wang Qiuying 王秋颖 - Li Hongzhang Zhou Wenbin 周文彬 - Fang Baqian Synopsis: The Naval Battle of 1894 is one of the most successful historical spectacles to be produced by the Changchun Film Studio. The film is based on actual personalities and events that led to the Sino-Japanese War of the 1890’s. In 1894, the Qing Dynasty was in grave trouble. The Japanese had for years harbored the wish to provoke war with China in order to get more concessions and take over more territory. Now they were aided by corrupt officials within the Qing Court. These ministers, headed by Li Hongzhang, advocated “peace whatever the cost,“ l