Thursday, 12 January 2023

Full River Red

Movie: Full River Red
Chinese Title: 满江红 / Man Jiang Hong

Release Date: January 22, 2023

Genre: Comedy, Historical, Suspense
Language: Mandarin
Director: Zhang Yimou
Screenwriter: Chen Yu, Zhang Yimou
Producer: Pang Liwei
Origin: China

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Synopsis and Plot Summary

An insignificant soldier and a deputy commander of the imperial army become embroiled in a bigger conspiracy in order to find a secret letter that has gone missing.

During the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty, four years after Yue Fei's death, Prime Minister Qin Hui (Lei Jiayin) leads his troops to negotiate with the Kingdom of Jin. On the eve of the meeting, the Jurchen envoy suddenly dies, and the secret letter he was carrying disappears. Qin Hui orders soldier Zhang Da (Shen Teng) and deputy commander Sun Jun (Jackson Yee) to find the murderer within an hour, but things are far from that simple...

Fun Facts

It is among the Spring Festival movie lineup for 2023.
The booting ceremony was announced on June 26, 2022.
Filming wrapped on August 17, 2022.
The Chinese title, "Man Jiang Hong" is from a famous poem believed to be written by Yue Fei, a Song Dynasty general who died a hero.
The script took 4-5 years to complete.
Zhang Yimou first planned to film the movie in one shot but had to abandon the plan. He said, "This is my regret, but a good story is number one."

Cast

	Shen Teng as Zhang Da
	Jackson Yee as Sun Jun
	Zhang Yi as He Li
	Lei Jiayin as Qin Gui
	Yue Yunpeng as Wu Yichun
	Wang Jiayi as Yao Qin
	Pan Binlong as Ding Sanwang
	Yu Ailei as Liu Xi
	Guo Jingfei as Wang Biao
	Oho Ou Hao as Zheng Wan