One and Eight (1983)

Original title

一个和八个

Directed by

Zhang Junzhao

Genre

war film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Chinese army officer and eight criminals are thrown together during the Second Sino-Japanese War. They must survive enemy attacks while struggling with their own distrust of each other.

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What happens

One and Eight is a 1983 Chinese film. The film tells the story of eight criminals and a deserting officer in the Chinese Communist Party's Eighth Route Army caught in the midst of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Directed by Zhang Junzhao, One and Eight also features cinematography by the soon-to-be-acclaimed Zhang Yimou and stars Chen Daoming. It is based on an epic poem by Guo Xiaochuan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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