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Release Year1998
Runtime2h 28m
LanguageMandarin
CertificationNR
GenresDrama, War
Votes1
DirectorYang Guangyuan
WritersLu Zhuguo, Mengmei Bao
TypeFeature Film
Rating5.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsThe Great Military March Forward: Engulf the Southwest
About The Great Military March Forward: Engulf the Southwest
In the later stage of the Liberation War, with the victory of the three major battles over, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Chairman Mao Zedong made strategic decisions, ordering Liu Bocheng (played by Fu Xuecheng) and Deng Xiaoping (played by Lu Qi) to lead a group of the Second Field and Fourth Field to advance towards Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou, and Sichuan, and annihilate the remaining enemies in the southwest. On his way south, Deng Xiaoping asked railway experts he met about the construction of the Chengdu Chongqing Railway and gave political education classes to the troops heading south in a timely manner, implementing Chairman Mao's great teachings of "carrying out the revolution to the end"...
Directed by Yang Guangyuan, The Great Military March Forward: Engulf the Southwest leans on a strong ensemble — Gu Yue, Zhao Hengduo, Liu Huaizheng — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1998.
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