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The Children of Huang Shi (2008)

The Children of Huang Shi (2008)

黃石的孩子
R 125 minutes ZH Drama , War
War made them orphans, one man made them legends
About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.
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