Yao Chen is a Chinese actress and philanthropist. She was born in Shishi, Fujian, China on October 5, 1979 and made her acting debut in 2005. Since then, she has appeared in numerous films and television dramas, including the 2013 romantic adventure film, “My Lucky Star”.

Yao Chen

In 1937, shortly after the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army invaded Shanghai. After more than three months of brutal fighting, the Japanese army showed no signs of weakening. Suffering heavy losses, the Chinese army was forced to make an impossible decision: retreat and lose the city, or stay and risk being entirely overrun.&nbsp;

In an act of unprecedented bravery, Lieutenant Colonel Xie Jin Yuan (Du Chun) of the 524th Regiment, of the poorly equipped 88th Division of the National Revolutionary Army, led 452 young officers and soldiers into battle. Knowing their mission would undoubtedly fail, the brave young men followed their Lieutenant Colonel to the Sihang Warehouse. There they made their last stand against the 3rd Imperial Japanese Division, a division consisting of nearly 20,000 troops. Against impossible odds, these 400 soldiers held out against the relentless Japanese army for four days, providing the rest of the Chinese army the time they needed to retreat.

Though these brave men ultimately lost the battle, their stand at the Sihang Warehouse would bolster the morale of the Chinese army and earn them a place in history as legendary heroes.

Based on actual events, “The Eight Hundred” is a 2020 historical war film directed by Guan Hu.

The Eight Hundred

Huayi Brothers

A successful lawyer, married to an equally successful doctor, and the mother of the most beautiful baby girl, Li Jie (Yao Chen) seemed to be living the perfect life. But with her marriage on the rocks and the stress of everyday threatening to overwhelm her, the perfect facade Li Jie had worked so hard to build was suddenly crumbling around her.

Soon finding herself in messy divorce proceedings, Li Jie wants only one thing, to win custody of her precious baby girl, Duoduo. When her husband decides it’s time to move out, Li Jie is forced to hire a nanny to look after her daughter while she’s at work. With little time to search, Li Jie hastily agrees to hire Sun Fang (Ma Yi Li), a recent acquaintance who seems to have a gift for soothing&nbsp;Duoduo when she’s at her worst.

Everything seemed to be falling smoothly into place, until the day Li Jie came home to find both Sun Fang and Duoduo missing. Suddenly the main suspect in her missing daughter’s case, Li Jie finds herself the object of suspicion and scorn by both the police and her family. Determined to prove her innocence and find her little girl, Li Jie begins her own investigation. Uncovering the dark and disturbing past of Sun Fang along the way, Li Jie becomes desperate to find her little girl before it’s too late.

A deeply emotional tale, “Lost, Found” is a 2018 mystery film directed by Lu Yue.

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