Top Cast
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Jiang Ming
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Hong Hong
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Li Lili
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Lee Ching
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Lan Ma
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Jingbo Li
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Lu Bai
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Noh Chiu
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Junchao Jiang
Overview
Set during the Orphan Island period of Shanghai, the film follows a group of revolutionary patriots-cum-assassins who finally earn the support of the suffering public. ‘We’re all Chinese,’ so they repeatedly chant.
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