After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941, USA bombs Tokyo to boost morale. A pilot survives thanks to a Chinese woman's help.
- Ricardo Arnaz CPA, ACCA USN-retiredApril 9, 2026Loosely based on the Doolittle Raid bombing over Tokyo where a B-25 heavy bomber squad flew off an aircraft carrier, USS Hornet to bomb Tokyo. The pilots did minimum damage unlike the movie but it was a severe psychological blow to Japan as they were vunerable. The pilots had to ditch their planes over China and out of 80 crew 69 survived the war. Movie really loosely based on and mostly fictionalized. It is entertaining but there's a lot of mistakes in it for Hollywood got lazy with details with pre-WW2 or Vietnam era military hardware and styles used in the movie. 10 years too late or 20 years too early.
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The Chinese Widow was released on November 10, 2017.
The Chinese Widow was directed by Bille August.
The Chinese Widow has a runtime of 1h 37m.
The Chinese Widow was produced by Peng Sun.
After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941, USA bombs Tokyo to boost morale. A pilot survives thanks to a Chinese woman's help.
The key characters in The Chinese Widow are Ying (Liu Yifei), Jack Turner (Emile Hirsch), Niuniu (Fangcong Li).
The Chinese Widow is rated R.
The Chinese Widow is a Drama, Romance, History film.
The Chinese Widow has an audience rating of 5.5 out of 10.
The Chinese Widow has made $4.4M at the box office.