History Film / SevenManArmy

* TheTeam:
** Battalion Commander Wu Chan Zheng (Ti Lung) is TheLeader, a veteran of war who spent more time fighting in the frontline than any of the other six.
** Private First-Class Bai Zhang Xing (David Chiang) is TheLancer, who gets second most character development and interactions with Commander Wu.
** Private Jiang Ming Kun (Chen Kuan-tai) is TheBigGuy, a BoisterousBruiser and physically largest member of the seven, who wields a {{BFS}} as a backup weapon.
** Private First-Class Jia Fu-sheng (Pai Ying) is TheSmartGuy, who is the strategist and part of a regimental commanding unit before his former platoon gets killed.
** Private He Hong Fa (Alexander Fu Sheng) is TheHeart, the youngest and emotional center of the squad.
** Private Chu Tiancheng (Chi Kuan-chun) who joins the army to avenge his wife's death, and Private Pan Bing Lin (Li Yi-min), who joins the army after beating up pro-Japanese sympathizers before joining the army.

* FireForgedFriends: The platoon of seven, after spending days bonding over between trying to survive the Japanese assault, eventually becomes BloodBrothers sworn to watch over each other no matter what.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Commander Wu, being the leader and most experienced of the seven, is quickly proven to be the best fighter and marksman, [[spoiler: as well as lasting longer than all the other six before he blows himself up with a whole Japanese platoon]].

* TheJimmyHartVersion: Much of the film’s background score is unashamedly lifted from the Terrence Hill movie, ''Blackie the Pirate''.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: None of the titular seven of the Chinese army outlives the credits, although given it was based on true events it’s expected]].

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Private Bai’s fate; having been crippled and surrounded, unarmed after throwing his bayonets into the Japanese Commanding officer, Bai ends up getting more than twelve Japanese bayonets shoved through his gut. But he managed to blurt a warning shout to Commander Wu to trigger their explosive booby trap before he expires]].

* FiveManBand: Seven Man Band.
** TheHero: Battalion Commander Wu Chan Zheng (Ti Lung), a veteran of war who spent more time fighting in the frontline than any of the other six.
** TheLancer: Private First-Class Bai Zhang Xing (David Chiang), who gets second most character development and interactions with Commander Wu.
** TheBigGuy: Private Jiang Ming Kun (Chen Kuan-tai), a BoisterousBruiser and physically largest member of the seven, who wields a {{BFS}} as a backup weapon.
** TheSmartGuy: Private First-Class Jia Fu-sheng (Pai Ying), who is the strategist and part of a regimental commanding unit before his former platoon gets killed.
** TheHeart: Private He Hong Fa (Alexander Fu Sheng), the youngest and emotional center of the squad.
** TheChick: Private Chu Tiancheng (Chi Kuan-chun) who joins the army to avenge his wife’s death, and Private Pan Bing Lin (Li Yi-min), who joins the army after beating up pro-Japanese sympathizers before joining the army.

* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: Xiao Shun-zi, the token little boy, is the only named character still alive at the end of the movie. In fact when the Japanese army decides to give the titular seven a dignified funeral, Shun-zi approaches the fort with the intent of retrieving the Chinese flag on it, and the Japanese Commander orders his soldiers to let the boy leave unharmed]].

** The Hero: Battalion Commander Wu Chan Zheng (Ti Lung), a veteran of war who spent more time fighting in the frontline than any of the other six.

Most of the key players of Shaw Brothers are cast as the seven, including Creator/TiLung as Battalion Commander Wu Chan Zheng, Creator/DavidChiang as Private First Class Bai Zhang-xing, Alexander Fu Sheng as Private He Hong-fa, Chen Kuan-Tai (''The Boxer From Shantung) as Private Jiang Ming Kun, Li Yi-min as Private Pan Bing Lin, Chi Kuan-chun as Private Chu Tiancheng and Pai Ying as Private First Class Jia Fu-sheng. Originally members of different platoons who doesn't know each other, being thrush into the same situation as the lone survivors of the PRC army against the invading Japanese, the seven of them will have to bond as brothers to survive.

''Seven Man Army'' is a 1976 Hong Kong war / action movie produced by Shaw Brothers, directed by Chang Cheh, with an all-star cast.