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Battle of Xiangjiang River
Traditional Chinese	血戰湘江
Simplified Chinese	血战湘江
Hanyu Pinyin	Xuězhàn Xiāngjiāng
Directed by	Chen Li
Written by	Liu Jianwei Bai Tiejun Xiang Xiaomi
Starring	Wang Ying Xu Jian Dong Yong Bao Jianfeng Sun Weimin Zhang Yishan
Music by	Ju Wenpei
Production company	August First Film Studio
Distributed by	China Film Co., Ltd.
Release date	30 June 2017 (2017-06-30)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin

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. 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.

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

• Wang Ying as Mao Zedong, chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Soviet Republic.
• Dong Yong as Peng Dehuai, regimental commander of the 3rd Red Regiments.
• Xu Jian as Zhou Enlai, member of the Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Soviet Republic, political commissar of the 3rd Red Regiments.
• Sun Weimin as Lin Deshui, Mao Zedong's tailor.
• Bao Jianfeng as Chen Shuxiang, division commander of the 24th Division.
• Geng Le as Geng Biao
• Zhang Yishan as Li Tianyou
• Wang Dazhi as Huwa
• Hou Tianlai as He Jian, governor of Hunan province.
• Liu Zhibing as Bai Chongxi

Production

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

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

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.

Accolades

References

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. ^ 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. ^ 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.

External links

• Battle of Xiangjiang River at IMDb
• Battle of Xiangjiang River at Douban (in Chinese)
• Battle of Xiangjiang River at Mtime.com (archived) (in Chinese)

• 2017 films
• 2010s Mandarin-language films
• Films set in Guangxi
• Films set in 1934
• Chinese war films
• 2010s war films