This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a documentary mode. In the film story, Japan's marine regiment protects Japanese residents and Chinese refugees-women and young children-from rampant street fighting, Shanhai Rikusentai unsparingly uses its first eight minutes for an official-mannered self-justification of the war. From the viewpoint of explaining Japan's military operation,the narration refers to the city s spatial division in sync with maps on screen.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Den ObinataLTJD Mine (as Den Obinata) | LTJD Mine (as Den Obinata) |
 Sōji KiyokawaENS Maeda | ENS Maeda |
 Hyo KitazawaNot listed | Not listed |
| KKo YamamuroNot listed | Not listed |
| MMitsuo TsudaNot listed | Not listed |
| IIchiro TetsuENS Todo | ENS Todo |
 Kan YanagiyaNot listed | Not listed |
| HHideo NakamuraNot listed | Not listed |
| HHachiro SekiguchiNot listed | Not listed |
| RRyo SayamaNot listed | Not listed |
| HHideo SaekiSN Oishi | SN Oishi |
 Yoshio KosugiNot listed | Not listed |
 Ichirō TsukidaNot listed | Not listed |
| JJun MasakiNot listed | Not listed |
| IIsamu EtoNot listed | Not listed |
| TToshio MikiNot listed | Not listed |
| ZZenichiro KitoNot listed | Not listed |
 Sadao MaruyamaNot listed | Not listed |
 Keiji SakakidaNot listed | Not listed |
| KKinji FujiwaNot listed | Not listed |
| KKenho NakamuraNot listed | Not listed |
 Yuriko HanabusaNot listed | Not listed |
 Kumeko OtowaNot listed | Not listed |
| SSumie TsubakiSulian - Chinese woman who bears child | Sulian - Chinese woman who bears child |
 Setsuko HaraMingzhu - Chinese girl | Mingzhu - Chinese girl |