The Third Class Citizen

三等国民

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.

Director

Huang Baoshan

Status

Released

Release date

11/07/1987

Original language

Chinese