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Battle of Xiangjiang River

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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

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]

Plot

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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

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Production

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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

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

Reception

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Box office

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

Accolades

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Award Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Notes
2017 Shanghai International Film Festival Organizing Committee of the Special Award Battle of Xiangjiang River Won
31st Golden Rooster Awards Best Film Nominated [6]
Best Supporting Actor Sun Weimin Nominated [6]
Organizing Committee of the Special Contribution Award Battle of Xiangjiang River Won [7]
15th Ozerov International Military Film Festival Best Visual Effects Won [8]
Best Supporting Actor Sun Weimin Won [8]
Best Original Score Ju Wenpei Won [8]
Five Aspects Project Award of Excellence Battle of Xiangjiang River Won [9]
25th Beijing College Student Film Festival Committee Award Won [10]

References

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  1. ^ "Battle of Xiangjiang River". chinesemov.com. 2017-06-30.
  2. ^ 上影节《血战湘江》发布会:张一山演绎英雄将领. ifeng (in Chinese). 2017-06-21.
  3. ^ 故事片《血战湘江》首映,动用兵力7600人次还原历史场景. 163.com (in Chinese). 2016-11-27.
  4. ^ 《血战湘江》定档6.30 保剑锋还原“铁血战士”. sina (in Chinese). 2017-06-15.
  5. ^ 陈力导演《血战湘江》首映 居文沛作曲吟雄魂. sohu (in Chinese). 2016-11-29.
  6. ^ a b c Chen Zhu (2017-10-13). 《血战湘江》荣获中国电影 金鸡奖组委会特别奖. chinacqsb.com (in Chinese).
  7. ^ "金鸡奖提名:《潘金莲》领跑 范冰冰周冬雨再争影后". ifeng (in Chinese). August 16, 2017.
  8. ^ a b c 奥泽洛夫军事电影节《勇士》《血战湘江》获奖. Tencent (in Chinese). 2017-09-23.
  9. ^ 第十四届精神文明建设“五个一工程”(2014—2017)获奖名单. people.com (in Chinese). 2017-09-28.
  10. ^ "大影节冯小刚获最佳导演 杨幂拿下最受欢迎女演员". Sina (in Chinese). May 6, 2018.
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