With a successful strategy to split elite US troops under sieges, the Battle of Chosin Reservoir annihilated around 13,000 enemies, becoming a turning point to lay the foundation for the armistice negotiations. The Chinese People's Volunteers' Ninth Army were dispatched to the northern areas in Democratic People's Republic of Korea to help locals resist the US-led 'United Nations' invaders, whose crossing over the 38th Parallel caused an imminent threat to the then newly founded People's Republic of China. Īs one of the largest films to pay homage to the Chinese People's Volunteers who entered the Korean Peninsula to fight for the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53), Changjin Hu (Chosin Reservoir) announced it will resume shooting during a press event in the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution, located in western Beijing, on Oct 26.Ī highlighted project backed by the China Film Administration, the country's top sector regulator, the movie is jointly produced by Bona Film Group, one of the country's biggest privately owned studios, and August First Film Studio, the country's only such State-owned production company tailored to military-themed movies.Īs a cinematic rendering of one of the most brutal periods of the 1950-53 war, the film centers on how the Chinese company fearlessly faced off against the foreign invaders in the extremely cold winter during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, which was fought between Nov 27 and Dec 24, 1950. Directors Chen Kaige (left) and Tsui Hark (second from right) as well as the two lead actors Wu Jing, Yiyang Qianxi (second and third from left) and producer Yu Dong (right) at the Beijing press event.

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