This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a documentary mode. In the film story, Japan's marine regiment protects Japanese residents and Chinese refugees-women and young children-from rampant street fighting, Shanhai Rikusentai unsparingly uses its first eight minutes for an official-mannered self-justification of the war. From the viewpoint of explaining Japan's military operation,the narration refers to the city s spatial division in sync with maps on screen.
| Directing | Hisatora Kumagai | Director |
| Lighting | Kiichi Horiuchi | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Shigeharu Yasue | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Tsutomu Sawamura | Screenplay |
| Art | Takeo Kita | Settings |
| Editing | Zenju Imaizumi | Editor |
| Production | Nobuyoshi Morita | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Hiroshi Suzuki | Director of Photography |