Fight for Nanjing, Shanghai and Hangzhou | |||||||||||||
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Director: | He Xiaojiang Shi Wei | ||||||||||||
Producer: | Zhang Shuangbo Liu Guangjun Shang Changyi Xu Gang | ||||||||||||
Starring: | Gu Yue Sun Feihu Liu Xitian Xie Weicai Sun Weimin Lu Qi | ||||||||||||
Music: | Yang Xiwu | ||||||||||||
Cinematography: | Dong Yachun Wang Weidong Li Bingkun | ||||||||||||
Editing: | Nie Weiguo Huang Weifu | ||||||||||||
Studio: | August First Film Studio | ||||||||||||
Distributor: | Southern Film Co., Ltd. | ||||||||||||
Runtime: | 112 minutes | ||||||||||||
Country: | China | ||||||||||||
Language: | Mandarin |
Fight for Nanjing, Shanghai and Hangzhou, also known as Great Battle in Ning Hu Hang, is a 1999 Chinese epic war film directed by He Xiaojiang and Shi Wei and written by Lu Zhuguo, and starring Gu Yue, Sun Feihu, Liu Xitian, Xie Weicai, Sun Weimin, and Lu Qi. The film premiered in China in 1999. The film is about the war between the Chinese Communist Party troops and the Kuomintang troops in east China during the Chinese Civil War.[1]
In April 1949, after the three major campaigns (Liaoshen Campaign, Huaihai Campaign and Pingjin Campaign), Mao Zedong and Zhu De orders the Communist army to march into the east China. Nanjing, the capital of Republic of China (1912-1949) is occupied by the Chinese Communist Party. Then Hangzhou comes under Communists sovereign. On May 27, Shanghai is controlled by the Communist troops. The Kuomintang troops are defeated and flee in disorder.[2]
Fight for Nanjing, Shanghai and Hangzhou was released in China in 1999.