The Founding of an Army

The Founding of an Army
Traditional Chinese	建軍大業
Simplified Chinese	建军大业
Hanyu Pinyin	Jiànjūn Dàyè
Directed by	Andrew Lau [1]
Written by	Dong Zhe Zhao Ningyu Han Sanping Huang Jianxin
Produced by	Han Sanping Huang Jianxin [1]
Music by	Chan Kwong-wing Chen Zhiyi
Production companies	China Film Group Corporation Bona Film Group Nanchang Radio and TV Station August First Film Studio Shanghai Sanciyuan Entertainment Emperor Motion Pictures Sun Entertainment Culture Media Asia Film [2] [1]
Distributed by	China Film Group Corporation Distribution Workshop
Release date	28 July 2017 (2017-07-28) [1]
Country	China
Language	Mandarin

The Founding of an Army is a 2017 Chinese historical drama produced by the China Film Group Corporation to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. Produced by Han Sanping and directed by Andrew Lau, it is the third installment of the Founding of New China trilogy, along with The Founding of a Republic (2009) and The Founding of a Party (2011). The film features a star-studded cast of Chinese actors. ^[3] It was released on July 28, 2017, to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. ^{[4] [5]}

Plot

The story begins in 1927 at the beginning of the Nanchang uprising, known as the first major Kuomintang–Communist engagement.

Cast

• Liu Ye as Mao Zedong
• Zhu Yawen as Zhou Enlai
• Huang Zhizhong as Zhu De
• Wang Jingchun as He Long
• Oho Ou as Ye Ting
• Liu Haoran as Su Yu
• Ma Tianyu as Lin Biao
• Xiao Ai as Ye Jianying
• Lay Zhang as Lu Deming
• Li Yifeng as He Changgong
• Bai Yu as Cai Qingchuan
• Liang Dawei as Chen Geng
• Yu Hewei as Chen Duxiu
• Wu Yue as Zhang Guotao
• Bai Ke as Di Qiubai
• Liu Xun Zi Mo as Cai Hesen
• Dong Zijian as Deng Xiaoping
• Chen Xiao as Ren Bishi
• Zhang Dapeng as Liu Bocheng
• Bao Jianfeng as Tan Pingchuan
• Song Yang as Wang Shouhua
• Ye Xiaowei as Chen Yi
• Ashton Chen as Nie Rongzhen
• Li Xian as Luo Ronghang
• Li Mincheng as Zhou Yiqun
• Wang Zhao as Tan Zheng
• Li Qin as Yang Kaihui
• Song Jia as Soong Ching-ling
• Guan Xiaotong as Deng Yingchao
• Ma Yili as Xiang Jingyu
• Zhou Dongyu as Fan Jiaxia
• Feng Wenjuan as Peng Yuanhua
• Wang Qinxiang as Zhang Zuolin
• Han Geng as Zhang Xueliang
• Wang Ting as Si Lie
• Michael Chen as Si Li
• Cao Kefan
• Daniel Wu as Hu Hanming
• Wallace Huo as Chiang Kai-shek
• Zhang Tianai as Soong Mei-ling
• Zhang Junhan as Chen Lifu
• Yu Shaoqun as Wang Jingwei
• William Chan as Triad boss
• Zhang Hanyu as Du Yuesheng
• Zhou Yiwei
• Yu Ailei as Zhang Fakui
• Marc Ma as Zhao Fusheng
• Tony Yang as Qian Dajun
• Huang Shang-Ho
• Joseph Cheng as Yu Jishi
• Lu Han as Lian luo yuan (Liaison Officer)
• Tong Ruihuan as Zeng Zhongming
• Zheng Kai
• Winston Chao
• Liu Zhibing
• Alex Fong
• Tang Baoqiang
• Ma Zhengqiang
• Wang Zhifei

Release

Critical response

On July 25, 2017, film director Ye Daying (叶大鹰), the grandson of General Ye Ting, criticized the film on Sina Weibo as follows: "The revolutionary history is seriously entertaining. It is a reproach and distortion of the revolutionary history." ^[6] Ye Daying also sent an open letter to the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT), which was signed by more than 25 revolutionary successors, many of them are generations of higher military officials. ^[7] They demanded an apology to their family from the producer. ^[7]

The page of the film on Douban, the leading film review website in China, has forbidden any rating or comment by its users since July 2017. ^[8]

Asian release

This film was only released in Southeast Asia within Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, and Estonia before the ASEAN international film exhibit.

Soundtrack

建军大业 电影原声大碟
Soundtrack album by Chan Kwong-wing
Released	July 26, 2017
Studio	Click Music
Genre	Film score
Length	48:43
Language	Mandarin
Producer	完美青春（成都）文化传播有限公司
Chan Kwong-wing chronology
杀破狼II 电影原声带 (2015) 建军大业 电影原声大碟 (2017) 四海 电影原声专辑 (2022)

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"建军大业"	01:19
2.	"孙中山的话"	02:04
3.	"黑日来临" (feat. 香港歌剧社合唱团)	04:46
4.	"痛"	01:14
5.	"计"	01:01
6.	"悲恸"	01:51
7.	"武汉之会"	01:55
8.	"一刻的平静"	00:54
9.	"命令"	02:27
10.	"南昌之战" (feat. 香港歌剧社合唱团)	12:53
11.	"再见故乡" (feat. 朱韵文)	01:24
12.	"希望"	02:45
13.	"决战三河坝"	02:39
14.	"血的致敬"	02:54
15.	"同归于尽"	01:59
16.	"幸存者" (feat. 香港歌剧社合唱团)	04:54
17.	"星星之火 可以燎原" (feat. 香港歌剧社合唱团)	01:44
Total length:		48:43

Awards and nominations

Award	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
9th Macau International Movie Festival	Best Picture	The Founding of an Army	Nominated	[9]
	Best Director	Andrew Lau	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Zhang Yixing	Nominated
9th China Film Director's Guild Awards	Best Film	The Founding of an Army	Nominated	[10]
37th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Visual Effects	Victor Wong, Eman Tse	Nominated	[11]
23rd Huading Awards	Best Film	The Founding of an Army	Nominated	[12]
25th Beijing College Student Film Festival	Jury Award		Nominated	[13]
14th Changchun Film Festival	Best Original Music Score	Chen Guangrong, Chen Zhiyi	Won	[14]
34th Hundred Flowers Awards	Best Picture	The Founding of an Army	Nominated	[15] [16]
	Outstanding Picture		Won
	Best Writing	Han Sanping, Huang Jianxin, Dong Zhe, Zhao Ningyu	Nominated
	Best Actor	Zhu Yawen	Nominated
	Best Actress	Li Qin	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Ma Tianyu	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress	Zhang Tian'ai	Nominated

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External links

• The Founding of an Army at IMDb
• The Founding of an Army at Douban (in Chinese)
• The Founding of an Army at Mtime.com (archived) (in Chinese)