The Crossing Part 1 (2014) (DVD) (Taiwan Version)

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Four years since he last sat on the directors chair, John Woo makes his return with The Crossing Part I, the first of two films based on the tragic 1949 sinking of the Taiping, a Chinese steamer bound for Taiwan. Written by Wang Hui Ling ( Lust, Caution), the epic drama features an international cast of superstars including Zhang Ziyi ( The Grandmaster), Kaneshiro Takeshi ( Wu Xia), Song Hye Kyo ( My Brilliant Life), Huang Xiaoming ( American Dreams in China), Tong Dawei ( Dearest) & Nagasawa Masami ( Wood Job).

In the summer of 1945, General Lei Yifang (Huang Xiaoming) earns a decisive victory against the Japanese, while signal corps soldier Tong Daqing (Tong Dawei) captures Taiwanese doctor Yan Zenkun (Kaneshiro Takeshi), who was conscripted into the Japanese army. After the surrender of the Japanese Empire, the three go their separate ways. Lei heads back to Shanghai, where he meets & falls in love with the wealthy Zhou Yunfen (Song Hye Kyo). Yan returns to his hometown in Taiwan, only to find that the Japanese girl (Nagasawa Masami) with whom he was in love has been repatriated back to Japan. In order to pull off a small scheme, Tong enlists an illiterate young woman (Zhang Ziyi) to pose as his wife, & ends up falling for her. The three couples lead disparate lives, but theyre brought together by the Taiping.