Dongji Rescue

Dongji Rescue
Theatrical release poster
Simplified Chinese东极岛
Traditional Chinese東極島
Hanyu PinyinDōngjí Dǎo
Directed byGuan Hu
Fei Zhenxiang
Written byChen Shu
Zhang Ji
Dong Runnian
Produced byLiang Jing
StarringZhu Yilong
Wu Lei
Ni Ni
CinematographyGao Weizhe
Music byAtli Örvarsson
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Tao Piao Piao
  • China Lion Film
  • Trinity Cine Asia
Release date
  • August 8, 2025 (2025-08-08)
Running time
134 minutes
CountryChina
Languages
  • Mandarin
  • English
BudgetUS$80 million
Box officeUS$50.2 million

Dongji Rescue (Chinese: 东极岛) is a 2025 Chinese historical war action film directed by Guan Hu and Fei Zhenxiang, and starring Zhu Yilong, Wu Lei and Ni Ni. Based on the real-life Lisbon Maru incident during World War II, the film tells the story of Chinese fishermen who risked their lives to save over 300 British prisoners of war after a Japanese transport ship sank off the coast of Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang province, in 1942. The film was released in China on August 8, 2025.