Oath on the Burning Sands (1940)

Release Date: 1940-12-25
Runtime: 2h 4min
Production Company: Toho Eiga
Production Country: Japan
Director: Kunio Watanabe

A Japanese army engineer (Hasegawa) on the mainland must put his personal feelings for a beautiful Chinese woman (Ri) aside if he is to succeed at building a highway through the "bandit"- (aka anti-Japanese militia-) infested hinterlands.