Tunnel War

Tunnel War (Chinese: 地道战; pinyin: Dì dào zhàn), also known as Tunnel Warfare, is a 1965 Chinese film produced before the Cultural Revolution about a small town which defends itself from the Japanese by use of a network of tunnels during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The film was directed by Ren Xudong and produced by the August First Film Studio.

For general tunnel warfare, see Tunnel warfare. For the use of tunneling in mines with a view to a military purpose, see Mining (military).
Tunnel War
Traditional Chinese地道戰
Simplified Chinese地道战
Hanyu PinyinDì dào zhàn
Directed byRen Xudong
Written byRen Xudong
Pan Yunshan
StarringLongguang Zhu
Bingyu Wang
Xiujie Liu
Yongshou Zhang
Xiaozhong Wang
Jiang Liu
CinematographyYang Guangyuan
Release date
  • 1965 (1965)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Box office300 million+ tickets

It is considered to be one of the first movies to discuss the use of tunnels in war.

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