The Chinese Widow (2017)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

It’s 1941 and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has destroyed America’s morale. The US President Franklin D. Roosevelt then decides to risk it all by bombing Tokyo and raise more hope for his citizens. After completing its mission, a unit of the US Air Force is forced to make an emergency landing in China. Its commander Jack Turner (Emilie Hirsch) barely survives but gets rescued by Ying (Crystal Liu), a local widow who will stop at nothing to hide him from the Japanese occupant.

• Released: 2017-11-10
• Genres: Drama, Romance, History, War
• Runtime: 1h 37m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.2/10 from 227 votes

Directed by Bille August.

Top cast

• Liu Yifei as Ying
• Emile Hirsch as Jack Turner
• Fangcong Li as Niuniu
• Kevin Yan as Kai
• Yu Shaoqun as Jun
• Vincent Riotta as Jimmy Doolittle
• Tsukagoshi Hirotaka as Shimamoto
• Gallen Lo Ka-Leung as Captain Hsu
• Shu Yaoxuan
• Gong Hanlin as Ying's father-in-law

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Chinese Widow

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel; watch free on Kanopy, Hoopla, The Roku Channel, Fandango at Home Free, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Tubi TV, Amazon MX Player; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Plex, Amazon MX Player; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, MovieMe; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
• Canada: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Hoopla, Tubi TV, Plex; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Australia: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Tubi TV; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV

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