The movie focuses on the battle of Cheolwon, where the 63rd Army of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (CPVA) was ordered to enter the battlefield of Cheolwon in May 1951, just after a month-long battle, to fight against four divisions of the United Nations Army (UNA). The volunteers fought with bloodshed and finally brought the enemy to the negotiation table.
Direction
Chen Kaige's first war film in decades—he still hates beautiful things.
Cinematography
Cheolwon mud and smoke that you'll taste for days.
Acting
Zhang Zifeng does more with silence than most do with monologues.
Director
Chen Kaige
Zhu Yilong
Li Xiang
Xin Baiqing
Li Moyin
Zhang Zifeng
Li Xiao
Zhu Yawen
Wu Benzheng
Arthur Chen
Sun Xing
Wang Yanhui
Peng Dehuai
Xiao Yang
Zhao An'nan
Wu Jing
Fu Chongbi
Zhang Youhao
Yang Sandi
Ou Hao
Zhang Xiaoheng
Elvis Han
Cai Changyuan
Guo Xiaodong
Xie Fang
Li Zhuoyang
Yang Chuanyu
Ren Zhong
Zhang Yinghui
Li Naiwen
Han Xianchu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is Chen Kaige's state-commissioned contribution to the 70th anniversary of 'Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea'—the politically mandated title for this war in Chinese historiography.
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