Snow Leopard (2010)

A college student from a wealthy family, Zhou Weiguo, is determined to join the Chinese army and defend his country after witnessing the cruelty of war and the atrocity of the Imperial Japanese Army. Zhou Weiguo's excellent performance at the Military Academy earns him the opportunity to study abroad in Berlin, where he meets an equally talented and ambitious Japanese officer, Takeshit Toshi. Takeshit Toshi's hospitality and dislike of the Japanese aggression eventually reverses Zhou Weiguo's initial loathing of him. Returning to the battlefield in China, Zhou Weiguo joined the Battle of Nanking but was forced to retreat and abandon the city. Wounded during the retreat, Zhou Weiguo is coincidentally saved by a Communist squad and taken to a nearby Communist base. Initially repelling the Communist Army, Zhou Weiguo develops a new understanding of them after encountering various down-to-earth Communist soldiers and officers and decides to stay. Zhou Weiguo was promoted steadily after winning major battles until Takeshit Toshi was dispatched to the area to fortify the Japanese force. After strenuous efforts, Zhou Weiguo's force eventually surrounds Takeshit Toshi's squad in a battle, and Takeshit Toshi refuses to resist. Lamenting his once friendship with Zhou Weiguo and growing tired of the War, Takeshit Toshi requests Zhou Weiguo to end his life as an aggressor and enemy. The Imperial Japanese Army soon loses the War, and the story ends with a Chinese victory.