Fan Li

Mr. and Mrs. Ho are longing for a grandson. Their son, Ho Chieh and daughter-in-law, Wan Ping, come home from abroad. Wan Ching, the little sister-in-law, is a nurse and comes with Mrs. Ho to meet her sister. At the airport, old Mrs. Ho mistakenly hears that her daughter-in-law is pregnant. After that, Ho Chieh has to attend a business party. However, his wife is not free for it so he begs his little sister-in-law to go as his wife. Wan Ching turns out to be a hit with the guests. In order to please his mother, Chieh asks little sister-in-law to take Wan Ping to the hospital for a pregnancy test and get a false positive report. But through a mistake, Wan Ping gets the report of a sterile woman. She is saddened by it but everyone lies to the old people in order to spare them the disappointment...

En 1941, le Japon fait avancer la guerre jusqu’à l’Asie du Sud. La ligne de chemin de fer entre Tianjin et Nanjing devient stratégique. Le cheminot Ma Yuan dirige une équipe de résistants, mettant à profit leur connaissance du réseau ferroviaire pour faire dérailler les machines de guerre japonaises. Les Chinois nomment ces héros hors du commun les « Railroad Tigers ». Quand les forces japonaises envoient des renforts à Shandong, Ma Yuan se lance dans sa plus périlleuse mission : faire sauter un pont ultra-sécurisé, ce qui ralentirait considérablement la progression japonaise…