Battle of Xiangjiang River

Battle of Xiangjiang River (Chinese: 血战湘江) is a 2017 Chinese war film directed by Chen Li, written by Liu Jianwei, Bai Tiejun and Xiang Xiaomi, and starring Wang Ying, Xu Jian, Dong Yong, Bao Jianfeng, Sun Weimin and Zhang Yishan.[1][2] The film picks up the story of the 34th division of the Red Army officers and soldiers paid great sacrifice to cover the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party through Xiangjiang River, and successfully broke through the blockade of the Kuomintang.[3]

Battle of Xiangjiang River
Traditional Chinese血戰湘江
Simplified Chinese血战湘江
Hanyu PinyinXuězhàn Xiāngjiāng
Directed byChen Li
Written byLiu Jianwei
Bai Tiejun
Xiang Xiaomi
StarringWang Ying
Xu Jian
Dong Yong
Bao Jianfeng
Sun Weimin
Zhang Yishan
Music byJu Wenpei
Production
company
Distributed byChina Film Co.,Ltd.
Release date
  • 30 June 2017 (2017-06-30)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

Plot

From November 27, 1934 to December 1, the Red Army fought with the Kuomintang army in Xing'an County, Quanzhou County and Guanyang County in the territory of Guangxi province for 5 days, finally, the Red Army through Xiangjiang in the border of Quanzhou County and Xing'an County, they broke through the blockade of the Kuomintang army.

Cast

Production

Battle of Xiangjiang River employed more than 35,000 extras, 2 tons of TNT explosive, and 80 tons of gasoline.[4]

Battle of Xiangjiang River marked the second collaboration between Chen Li and Ju Wenpei, after their first collaboration My Uncle Zhou Enlai.[5]

Release

The film premiered in Beijing on November 27, 2016 with wide-release in China on June 30, 2017.

Reception

Box office

The film grossed 73.076 million yuan in Chinese box office.[6]

Accolades

AwardCategoryRecipient(s) and nominee(s)ResultNotes
2017 Shanghai International Film FestivalOrganizing Committee of the Special AwardBattle of Xiangjiang RiverWon
31st Golden Rooster AwardsBest FilmNominated[6]
Best Supporting ActorSun WeiminNominated[6]
Organizing Committee of the Special Contribution AwardBattle of Xiangjiang RiverWon[7]
15th Ozerov International Military Film FestivalBest Visual EffectsWon[8]
Best Supporting ActorSun WeiminWon[8]
Best Original ScoreJu WenpeiWon[8]
Five Aspects ProjectAward of ExcellenceBattle of Xiangjiang RiverWon[9]
25th Beijing College Student Film FestivalCommittee AwardWon[10]

References

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