My War (film)

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My War
My War (film) poster.jpeg
Poster
Chinese 我的战争
Directed by Oxide Pang
Screenplay byHeng Liu
Starring Liu Ye
Wang Luodan
Huang Zhizhong
Tony Yang
Ye Qing
Wang Longhua
CinematographyWai-Nin Chan
Production
companies
China Film Group Corporation
Beijing Yongxu Liangchen Media
Bei Jing Ge Hua Wei Xian Dian Shi Wang Lao Gu Bin
China Movie Channel SARFT
Khorgas Qianyi Zhicheng Media
Jiangsu Zhongnan Film
Beijing Bofang Media [1]
Distributed by China Film Group Corporation [1]
Release date
  • 15 September 2016 (2016-09-15)
Running time
124 minutes [2]
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Box officeCN¥36.1 million

My War is a 2016 Chinese historical war drama film directed by Oxide Pang and starring Liu Ye, Wang Luodan, Huang Zhizhong, Tony Yang, Ye Qing and Wang Longhua. [2] It was released in China by China Film Group Corporation in 3D, IMAX 3D and China Film Giant Screen. [1] [3] As mentioned in the movie, the movie was inspired by Ba Jin's novel "Reunion" ("Tuan Yuan"). An earlier movie "Yingxiong ernu (1937)" was adapted from the same novel. [4]

Contents

This movie is an historical drama following the Chinese soldiers in the People's Volunteer Army sent to fight in the Korean War against the US and its allies where they experienced life and death and established profound revolutionary feelings.

Plot

The film begins when a train carrying weapons arrived in a station. The Art Troupe were grouped according to the blood type when the males aboard the arriving train mocked the women, until one of the women answered the group's Captain on the local dialect. Meanwhile, a town militia tried to steal weapons on the supply train but was caught. When the train leaves, he dodged the MPs and hopped on the train. The train was carrying troops of the People's Volunteer Army (PVA) to intervene in Korean War. As they arrive in Yalu River, the train was ambushed by American airstrikes and a fortified fortress, causing casualties on the new volunteers. Only on the tactics of their commander Sun Beichuan, they secured the fortress. Next, they were commanded to delay the US attack on a mountain pass, they suffered casualties before one of them detonated himself on the tank. But upon seeing another convoy, they retreated and commanded a father-and-son duo to plant and detonate explosives on the mountainside. The rubble ensued buried the convoy. The unit was honored for their effort. The unit was composed of PVA and some members of Art Troupe.

While entering an abandoned base, they looted it, but detonated booby traps, wounding some of them. One of them stumbled upon a mine, and the Captain saved her. As the soldiers escape, the Americans ambushed them, intending to take the women alive, Big Daddy sacrificed himself and Wenjun died. The girls, full of rage, threw grenades upon their enemies, but Captain Meng was wounded. They flee, while Big Daddy detonated grenades upon the chasing Americans. Days later, they were again tasked with taking some hills.

As the bombardment upon the American-occupied hills ends, they charged with human waves, suffered casualties, but after they placed artillery, they repelled the defenders.

Cast

Reception

The film grossed CN¥36.1 million at the Chinese box office. [1]

The film was not well received in the Republic of Korea, and was considered controversial in mainland China, in part due to its promotional material. in which modern South Koreans are perceived as being disrespected. The controversial advertisement depicted a South Korean tour guide in Seoul, shown as being ignorant if China's involvement in the Korean War, being bombastically lectured by patronizing elderly veterans of the events depicted in the film, boasting of their involvement in the invasion of Korea as they recommend the film to her so she might be better "educated" as to what they are taking about. Further, there was a lack of prominence of any Korean characters in the film despite the movie depicting the events of the Korean War. [5]

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