Director Zhang Junzhao's superbly tense revisionist war film (featuring striking cinematography from future Fifth Generation standard bearer Zhang Yimou) is widely considered to be the first work of Mainland Fifth Generation cinema.
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Zhang Junzhao Director · Ziliang Zhang Screenplay Zhang Yimou Cinematographer
First release January 1, 1983 · Produced in China · Production 宁夏电影制片厂
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Original title
一个和八个
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Chinese
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Chinese
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China · January 1, 1983
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June 13, 2026 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
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