
Signal Fires of Shanghai
Drama · History
Overview
During the Taiping Rebellion of the mid-19th century, anti-Qing (Manchu) Chinese forces led by Taiping commander Li Xiucheng march on Shanghai. Although the Western powers are officially neutral, the British consul in Shanghai sides with the Qing imperial government, and counter to his own government's policy he retains American adventurer Frederick Townsend Ward to raise a mercenary force of foreigners in Shanghai and oppose the Taipings. Ward's force is routed, with heavy casualties, but since many of the casualties are British, the British army soon is drawn in on the side of the Qings. The only support for the Chinese comes from Japanese in Shanghai and anti-imperialist demonstrations in Japan. A family drama plays out against this historical background. After a Chinese home is destroyed by careless British shelling, killing the father and crippling a daughter, the surviving son vows revenge but begins to see that his true friends may be the Japanese.
Top Cast


Tsumasaburō Bandō
Tsumasaburō Bandō
Shinsaku Takasugi
Tsumasaburō Bandō
Shinsaku Takasugi


Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Saisuke Godai
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Saisuke Godai


Li Li-Hua
Li Li-Hua
Wang Ying
Li Li-Hua
Wang Ying


Ryōsuke Kagawa
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Heirokurô Numata
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Heirokurô Numata
Ryōnosuke Azuma
Ryōnosuke Azuma
Shakusaburô Ôtsuka
Ryōnosuke Azuma
Shakusaburô Ôtsuka


Tatsuya Ishiguro
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Kuranosuke Nakamuta
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Kuranosuke Nakamuta
Yoshimatsu Nakamura
Yoshimatsu Nakamura
Boartman
Yoshimatsu Nakamura
Boartman
Xiucen Duan
Xiucen Duan
Ah Yang - the waiter
Xiucen Duan
Ah Yang - the waiter


Han Lan-Gen
Han Lan-Gen
Ah Lin - the waiter
Han Lan-Gen
Ah Lin - the waiter


Jiang Ming
Jiang Ming
Shen Changling
Jiang Ming
Shen Changling
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