The Founding of an Army

The Founding of an Army
Traditional 建军大业
Simplified 建军大业
Mandarin Jiànjūn Dàyè
Directed by Andrew Lau[1]
Produced by Han Sanping
Huang Jianxin[1]
Written by Dong Zhe
Zhao Ningyu
Han Sanping
Huang Xin
Production
company
China Film Group Corporation
Polybona Films
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
Polybana Films
Release date
  • 28 July 2017 (2017-07-28)[1]
Country China
Language Mandarin

The Founding of an Army is a Chinese historical film. Produced by Han Sanping and directed by Andrew Lau, it is the third installment of the trilogy called Founding of New China after 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

Release

Critical response

On July 25, 2017，the film was panned by film director Ye Daying (叶大鹰), the grandson of General Ye Ting. He wrote on his sina weibo: "The revolutionary history is seriously entertaining. It is a reproach and distortion of the revolutionary history."[6][7] 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.[8] They demanded an apology to their family from the producer.[8]

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.[9]

References

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