Cliff Walkers (2020)

Original title

悬崖之上

Directed by

Zhang Yimou

Genre

drama film, action film, thriller film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

2h

Rated

MA15+

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 119 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four Chinese communist spies parachute into Japanese-occupied Manchuria in the 1930s. They split into two pairs and must carry out a covert mission while being hunted by the secret police.

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What happens

Cliff Walkers (Chinese: 悬崖之上), previously titled Impasse in English, is a 2021 Chinese spy thriller film directed by Zhang Yimou and written by Quan Yongxian. It is set in the Imperial Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo in the 1930s before World War II erupts. It was selected as the Chinese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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