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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	血戰湘江
Simplified	血战湘江
Mandarin	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

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 Rred Regiments.
• Xu Jian as Zhou Enlai, member of the Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Soviet Republic, political commissar of the 3rd Rred Regiments.
• Sun Weimin as Lin Deshui, Mao Zedong's tailor.
• Bao Jianfeng as Chen Shuxiang, division commander of the 24th Division headquarters.
• 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.[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

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

External links

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

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