1945年8月15日，日本宣布无条件投降。被关押在辽源高级战俘营的盟军高级将领成功获救，其中包括被日军俘虏的美军温莱特中将。本片以温莱特回忆为主线，真实再现那段历史以及骇人听闻的巴丹死亡行军惨案。

This is the "Dunkirk" of the East, a documentary movie commemorating the great feat of Chinese fishermen. Filmmaker Fang Li and the film crew through exhaustive historical investigation, as far as possible to find the core of the British, American, Japanese and Chinese parties and descendants, trying to infinitely close to the truth of the World War II "Death Ship" - "Lisbon Maru", which is 30 meters under the sea off the East Polar Island in Zhoushan, China. "Lisbon Maru" shipwreck truth.