Patriotic film Dead to Rights leads China’s box office as WWII remembrance campaign intensifies
Ana Maria Rus
Set during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, the wartime thriller’s release comes as China ramps up a nationwide drive to mark 80 years since the end of WWII, culminating in a military parade on Sep 3. BEIJING: A Chinese film set during one of the darkest chapters of the country’s modern history is taking the domestic box office by storm this summer, as China keeps up a nationwide campaign to mark 80 years since the end of World War II. Wartime thriller Dead to Rights has raked in 1.5 billion yuan (US$
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