''Jue Ze'' () is a 2012 Chinese war-politicnal television series. It stars
Ma Yue. The series focuses on the
Japanese invasion of China
The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. It is considered part of World War II, and often r ...
from 1937 to 1945. It includes post-war antagonists, such as American soldiers and Chinese capitalists.
Synopsis
After a brutal invasion of China by the
Imperial Japanese Army
The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; , ''Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun'', "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan from 1871 to 1945. It played a central role in Japan’s rapid modernization during th ...
in 1937, a Chinese professor in Boston named Wu Ming Tai is compelled by his patriotism to return to Beijing to translate a document for the
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...
. This document is considered to be proof of
war crimes
A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for actions by combatants in action, such as intentionally killing civilians or intentionally killing prisoners of war, torture, taking hos ...
committed by the Japanese Army. The Japanese are aware of the Professor's return to China and will do anything to stop the publication of this discovery, including kidnapping his brother and forcing him to become a Japanese citizen.
When the
American Army
The United States Army (USA) is the primary land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of the United Stat ...
intervenes, they bomb Japanese fortresses. It is claimed, however, that the Americans want to claim China for themselves by taking control of Chinese fortifications. This plan is halted when an American soldier harasses a Chinese student, and the Americans are forced to withdraw, returning China's independence.
Meanwhile, Wu Ming Tai faces another enemy: his co-worker and brother-in-law, Chu Li Fan, a capitalist who wants to "corrupt China".
Cast
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Yue Ma as Wu Ming Tai
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Yongjian Lin as General Zu
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Ke Hu as Ju Ran
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Xinyi Li as Lau Mei
*Tenma Shibuya as Japanese Sergeant Sato
*Sally Victoria Benson as Angelic
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Johan Karlberg
Johan Karlberg is a Swedish born Chinese actor, born in 1984, he became an actor in Beijing, China in 2009 and later moved to Macau SAR China in 2020 to continue his acting career in Asia. He is known from Last Kung Fu Monk, The Resistance, Ma ...
as Lieutenant Collins
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Yajie Wang as Lichuan
*Lui Xia as Qing Qing
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Tianlai Hou as Chu Li Fan
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Da Guo as Jinxue Gong
References
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External links
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*{{cite web, url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/f/v/dajueze/ , title=Official website of the tv series , accessdate=2020-08-26
2012 Chinese television series debuts
Chinese action television series
Chinese-language television shows