Back to 1942 (2012)
Yi jiu si er (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 2h 25min
- Drama
- 29 Nov 2012 (China)
- Movie
- 33 wins & 21 nominations.
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Cast
Guoli Zhang | ... |
Master Fan Dianyuan
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Hanyu Zhang | ... |
Brother Sim
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Wei Fan | ... |
Lao Ma
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Yuanzheng Feng | ... |
Xia Lu
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Fan Xu | ... |
Hua Zhi
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Daoming Chen | ... |
Chiang Kai-shek
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Xuejian Li | ... |
Li Peiji
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Jingyi Yao | ... |
Lingdang
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Jiale Peng | ... |
Liubao
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Qian Li | ... |
Master Fan's Daughter-in-Law
(as Li Qian)
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Huifang Yuan | ... |
Master Fan's Wife
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Shaohua Zhang | ... |
Xia Lu's Mother
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Ziwen Wang | ... |
Xing Xing
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Mo Zhang | ... |
Shuan Zhu
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Yi Zhao | ... |
Master Fan's Son
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Shu Zhang | ... |
Dong Jiayao
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Xiaojie Tian | ... |
Officer
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Lan Ke | ... |
Soong May-ling
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Guoqiang Zhang | ... |
Guo Jiquao
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Zhen Yu | ... |
Jiang Dingwen
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Morning Chang | ... |
Chang / Tao-fan
(as Chenguang Zhang)
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Yongjian Lin | ... |
County Magistrate
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Tim Robbins | ... |
Bishop Megan
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Adrien Brody | ... |
Theodore Harold White
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Yihong Duan | ... |
Chen Bulei
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Nathaniel Boyd | ... |
American Embassy Translator
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Chun Du |
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Zhong Lü | ... |
Zhang Fang's mother
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Zhenyu Qiao | ... |
Secretary Han
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Alec Su | ... |
T. V. Soong (aka Soong Tse-ven)
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Guangyu Xu | ... |
Train station owner
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Jiahui Yang | ... |
Orphan girl
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Alfred Hsing | ... |
Refugee (uncredited)
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Directed by
Xiaogang Feng |
Written by
Zhenyun Liu | ... | (novel) |
Zhenyun Liu | ... | () |
Produced by
Chen'an | ... | co-executive producer |
Kuo-Fu Chen | ... | executive producer |
Chengsheng Gao | ... | co-executive producer |
Sanping Han | ... | producer |
Xiaoli Han | ... | co-producer |
Lorraine Ho | ... | co-executive producer |
Xiaofeng Hu | ... | executive producer / line producer |
Xiang Huang | ... | co-executive producer |
Peter Lam | ... | producer |
Stephen Lam | ... | co-producer |
Shirley Lau | ... | co-producer |
Albert Lee | ... | co-executive producer (as Yabo Li) |
Chaoyang Li | ... | co-producer |
Guangquan Liu | ... | producer |
Wanli Liu | ... | co-producer |
Zhengwei Ni | ... | co-producer |
Yue Ren | ... | co-executive producer |
Dai Song | ... | producer |
Yiyang Wang | ... | producer |
Zhongjun Wang | ... | producer |
Zhonglei Wang | ... | executive producer |
Bernard Yang | ... | associate producer |
Wenhong Yang | ... | co-executive producer |
Albert Yeung | ... | producer |
Xia Yue | ... | co-executive producer |
Dajun Zhang | ... | co-executive producer |
Huali Zhang | ... | co-executive producer |
Qiang Zhang | ... | co-executive producer |
Yu Zhang | ... | co-producer |
Duojia Zhao | ... | co-executive producer |
Haicheng Zhao | ... | co-executive producer |
Hongmei Zhao | ... | co-executive producer |
Music by
Jiping Zhao |
Cinematography by
Yue Lü |
Editing by
Yang Xiao |
Editorial Department
Yan Li | ... | assistant of colorist |
Production Design by
Haiying Shi |
Costume Design by
Tim Yip | ... | (as Timmy Yip) |
Makeup Department
Xiaoling Cai | ... | hair stylist |
Tak-Kwan Chan | ... | hair stylist (as Dequn Chen) |
Ruojia Li | ... | makeup artist |
Yanjie Ma | ... | hair stylist |
Li Ping | ... | makeup artist |
Yanfang Ping | ... | hair stylist |
Dawei Tian | ... | hair stylist |
Jingxue Wang | ... | hair stylist |
Jun Wang | ... | hair stylist / makeup artist |
Lihua Wang | ... | hair stylist |
Yuling Wang | ... | makeup artist |
Fei Xie | ... | makeup artist |
Qianyi Zheng | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
Jason Pomerantz | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Elisa Jiang | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
Kun Chen | ... | sound editor |
Paul Hammond | ... | adr mixer |
Erica Kram | ... | adr coordinator |
Jiang Wu | ... | sound recordist |
Ling Wu | ... | sound post-production supervisor |
Visual Effects by
Hongsong Chang | ... | visual effects producer |
Chen Cui | ... | compositor: NAGA FX (as Cui Chen) |
Yongwoo Kim | ... | compositing supervisor: lead compositor (as Yong-Woo Kim) |
Strilen Liu | ... | compositing supervisor |
Sean Shen | ... | vfx producer |
Camera and Electrical Department
Remi Epron | ... | aerial pilot & technician |
Shaoda Li | ... | grip |
Tiantian Qian | ... | camera operator |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rong Wang | ... | costume supervisor |
Additional Crew
Alfred Hsing | ... | assistant: Adrien Brody / assistant: Tim Robbins |
Elisa Jiang | ... | post-production coordinator |
Crystal Decker Orren | ... | localization: us - Well Go USA Entertainment |
Production Companies
Distributors
- China Lion Film Distribution (2012) (Australia) (theatrical)
- China Lion Film Distribution (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)
- China Lion Film Distribution (2012) (United States) (theatrical)
- Golden Village Pictures (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- Lark Films Distribution (2012) (Hong Kong) (theatrical) (as UA Films)
- Central Park Films (2012) (Czechia)
- Central Park Films (2012) (Slovakia)
- Emperor Motion Pictures (2012) (Hong Kong)
- IPA Asia Pacific (2013) (Thailand)
- Koch Media (2013) (Germany) (DVD)
- Koch Media (2013) (Germany) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Waylen Group (2013) (Canada) (tv)
- Well Go USA Entertainment (2013) (United States) (DVD)
- BFI Video (2015) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- CPC Chongqing Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department (special thanks)
- Cinerent (camera and lighting equipment supplied by)
- Dolby Laboratories (sound mix)
- Huayi Brothers Media (funding)
- Ketalog (advertising agency)
- Post Haste Digital (post-production sound services)
- Propaganda Department of the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee (special thanks)
- Shanxi Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department (special thanks)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
A famine with multiple contributing factors and devastating effects during the Second Sino-Japanese war is chronicled from the official perspective of reporters, generals, politicians and real families whose lives were forever altered by drastic measures they were forced to take in order to survive. Alternately ignoring the dire nature of the famine and its subsequent exodus of millions of people from the Hunen province, and minimizing its devastation to the outside world, the Chinese Nationalist government of the time is one which seems to be over burdened by ongoing war efforts and corruption in the distribution of relief supplies. Policy and private life are worlds apart in stopping the devastation shown through the portrayals of those who lived to tell the tale and their accounts of those who were not so lucky, of whom there were many (3 million.) This is a true story based upon Liu Zhenyun's novel "Remembering 1942," Zhenyun himself is the descendant of a survivor of the 1942 famine and his family story is poignantly portrayed--showing heroism, self sacrifice, terrible misfortune and ultimate survival of the lucky few. Written by zandernat-! |
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Box Office
Budget | $33,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Official submission of China to the Oscars 2014 best foreign language film category. See more » |
Movie Connections | Referenced in Episode #6.182 (2012). See more » |