War movie remembers a young hero

Despite the overwhelming numbers of Japanese troops invading Baoshan, a county in Shanghai, in September 1937, the Kuomintang commander Yao Ziqing led his 600 soldiers into battle. When Yao was killed in the fighting on Sept 7 that year, he was only 28 years old.

When director Liao Xi heard the story about the bravery of Yao and his men, he decided to make a movie about the hero.

Defenders tells the story of the Guangdong-born martyr's efforts to defend Baoshan, a pivotal point in the war near Shanghai.