The Defense of Volotchayevsk (Russian: Волочаевские дни) is a 1937 Soviet history war film directed and written by the Vasilyev brothers.
The Japanese command landed troops in the Far East to allegedly protect their citizens.
On the flagship, Colonel Ushijima (played by Lev Sverdlin), the leader of the Japanese expeditionary corps, converses with an American journalist.
The task of orchestrating a provocation is assigned to White Army lieutenant Grishin, who murders a Japanese watchmaker.
This act serves as a pretext for the Japanese to land troops in Vladivostok, eventually moving toward the region of Volochaevka near Khabarovsk.