China Synopsis
黃石的孩子
“War made them orphans, one man made them legends”
About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Children of Huang Shi. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Drama + War in China
45 China titles in our catalog blend the Drama and War genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Children of Huang Shi itself).
The 2007–2009 China Window
The Children of Huang Shi holds position #28 of 63 China films in the 2007–2009 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in China, 142 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Children of Huang Shi premiered alongside 16 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 5m runtime, production spent $320K per minute on screen and earned $62K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 16 other China films in 2008.
The 176th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
139 audience reviews — more than 81% of China films in our index.
Review volume (81th percentile) outruns trending popularity (56th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Children of Huang Shi, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- children in wartime · 5
- duringcreditsstinger · 26
- 1930s · 23
- japanese occupation of china · 14
- based on true story · 98
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #468 of 946 China films indexed here (51st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among China Drama productions specifically: #294 of 547 (top 54%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, Germany, Australia |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Japanese, Mandarin, English |
| Production Companies | Australian Film Finance Corporation, Zero Fiction Film, Ming Productions, Bluewater Pictures, Cheerland Entertainment Organization |
| Runtime | 2h 5m |
| Release Date | April 3, 2008 |
| IMDb | tt0889588 |
| Official Site | www.childrenofhuangshi.com |