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The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru( 2024)

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Uncovering the truth of history

Overview

Filmmaker Fang Li and his crew explore exhaustive historical investigation, as far as possible to find the core of the British, American, Japanese and Chinese parties and descendants, trying to infinitely close to the truth of the World War II "Death Ship" — "Lisbon Maru", which is 30 meters under the sea off the East Polar Island in Zhoushan, China.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Fang Li

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      Tony Banham

      Self

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      Lin Agen

      Self

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      Dennis Morley

      Self

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      William Beningfield

      Self

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Tue Mar 25 2025
    It is quite interesting that it took over seventy years before anyone tried to discover this wreck, but once it was found nestling in the sand it opened up quite a can of worms as we discovered that it was a freighter carrying two thousand tons of wartime supplies and 1,800 British POWs. These men had been ordered to surrender after the fall of Hong Kong and were being taken to “a beautiful land” where they would be put to hard labour. Except, they didn’t get very far before the ship encountered the USS Grouper that found the 7,000 ton vessel a legitimate target and holed it with one torpedo. T...

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    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • world war ii
    • candid