The Founding Of An Army (2017) (Blu-ray) (English Subtitled) (Hong
Kong Version)

Product Description

Following in the footsteps of 2009s The Founding of a Republic & 2011s The Founding of a Party comes the all-star Chinese historical drama The Founding of an Army, produced to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Liberation Army. Hong Kong director Andrew Lau ( Infernal Affairs) takes the reins for this massive cinematic undertaking set in 1927 during the breakout of the Chinese Civil War between the Communists & the Nationalists. The film follows the strategic & organizational efforts of Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong & other key figures leading up to war, & depicts important military engagements, including the Nanchang Uprising & the Sanheba Battle in Guangdong, in impressively extensive & explosive war action scenes.

As customary for the Founding series, The Founding of an Army rounds up a huge lineup of well-known stars to play famous historical figures, with Liu Ye reprising as Mao Zedong, Zhu Yawen as Zhou Enlai, Huang Zhizhong as Zhu De, Wang Jingchun as He Long, & Wallace Huo as Chiang Kai-shek. Notably, many popular young stars appear in this installment to play the young revolutionaries & soldiers who would go on to become leading figures, including Oho Ou as Ye Ting, Ma Tianyu as Lin Biao, Liu Haoran as Su Yu, & Dong Zijian as Deng Xiaoping. The staggering cast also

Includes:: Li Yifeng, Lay, Lu Han, Yo Yang, William Chan, Han Geng, Guan Xiaotong, Zhou Dongyu, Chen Xiao, Crystal Zhang, Joe Cheng, Yu Shaoqun, Guo Xiaodong, Wu Yue, Song Jia & Zhang Hanyu.

The Founding of an Army begins in the spring of 1927 when conservative Nationalist forces began carrying out violent suppressions of Communist party members in Shanghai & other cities. The purges effectively ended the tenuous United Front alliance between the Nationalists & Communists, & created open divisions in the KMT between Chiang Kai-shek & other party factions. In response to the purges, Communists & like-minded revolutionaries, under the planning & leadership of Zhou Enlai, launched a military insurrection on August 1, 1927, known as the Nanchang Uprising. This date marks the founding of the Peoples Liberation Army & the beginning of all-out civil war.