Drawing Sword (2005)

Original title

亮剑

Directed by

Zhang Qian

Cast

Li Hong Bin, He Zheng Jun, Zhang Guang Bei, You Li, Tong Lei, Wang Quan You, Sun Li, Han Feng

Genre

war & politics, drama

Country

People's Republic of China

Length

1 season, 30 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

8.7 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Chinese commander leads his troops through the brutal battles of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The series follows his strategies and personal struggles during the conflict.

intensegrittywar-tornpatrioticaction-packedhistoricaldeterminedserious

What happens

Drawing Sword (Chinese: 亮剑) is a 2005 Chinese historical and Second Sino-Japanese War based TV series directed by Zhang Qian and Chen Jian, written by Du Liang and Jiang Qitao, and starring Li Youbin, He Zhengjun and Zhang Guangbei. It is based on the novel Drawing Sword by Du Liang. The series was first broadcast on CCTV-1 in China from 13 September to 28 September 2005. In 2013, the large-scale real-life stage drama "Light Sword - Dabie Mountain" based on Tulliang's novel "Light Sword" premiered at the Poly Theater in Beijing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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