Zhang Yimou
Cliff Walkers (Xuan ya zhi shang)
Edition 2021
125'
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2021
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Spy Film, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Dialogue:
Mandarin
Director:
Zhang Yimou
Composer:
Yeong-wook Jo
With:
Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Hailu Qin, Haocun Liu
In 1932, the Japanese military has built a fortress for inhumane medical experiments. However, one man – Wang Ziyang – manages to escape the fortress alive.
In 1932, the Japanese military has built a fortress for inhumane medical experiments. However, one man – Wang Ziyang – manages to escape the fortress alive. Chinese intelligence forms a task force to intercept Wang for information about the fortress. But when the puppet government learns of the mission, they use any means necessary to stop the team from finding their man.
"Zhang Yimou's first spy thriller sends an ace team of Communist agents into the WW2 Japanese stronghold of Manchukuo. (...) The lyrical intro sets the scene for some soulful cinematography and atmospheric sequences that will drive the film into a pleasingly fluid spy-counterspy dance." - The Hollywood Reporter
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Credits
Director
Zhang Yimou
Composer
Yeong-wook Jo
With
Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Hailu Qin, Haocun Liu
Scenario
Zhang Yimou, Yiran Pan
Director of Photography
Xiaoding Zhao
Editor
Yongyi Li
Producer
Luca Liang, Liwei Pang
Production studios
Emperor Motion Pictures
More information
Dialogue
Mandarin
Countries of production
China
Screenplay based on
adapted from an original story by Yongxian Quan
Year
2021
Filmography
Zhang Yimou
Raise the Red Latern (1991), The Story of Qiu Ju (1992), Keep Cool (1997), Not One Less (1999), The Road Home (1999), Hero (2002), House of the Flying Daggers (2004), Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005), Curse of the Golden Flower (2006), A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009), Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010), The Flowers of War (2011), Coming Home (2014), The Great Wall (2016), Shadow (2018), One Second (2020), a.o.
