Roar of the People

1941 Hong Kong film
  • 4 July 1941 (1941-07-04) (Hong Kong)
Running time
117 min[2]CountryHong KongLanguageCantonese[2]

Roar of the People is a 1941 Hong Kong wartime drama film directed by Tang Xiaodan.

The film is set in Hong Kong during the Second Sino-Japanese War, when people fled to Hong Kong from Mainland China.[2] It was released five months before the start of the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.[3]

Cast

  • Cheung Ying - workers' leader
  • Fung Fung
  • Wong An
  • Chan Tin-Tsung
  • Fung Ying-Seong
  • Ng Wui
  • Lee Tan-Lo
  • Leong Mo-Sik
  • Cho Tat-wah
  • Gao Luquan (credited as Ko Lo-Chuen)

References

  1. ^ "HK Film Archive's "100 Must-See Hong Kong Movies" to screen historically significant films"
  2. ^ a b c Roar of the People - 100 Must-See Hong Kong Movies
  3. ^ Fonoroff, Paul. "Art house: Roar of the People looks at wartime life in Hong Kong". South China Morning Post.


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