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Traditional Chinese | 一九四二 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 一九四二 | ||||||
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Directed by | Feng Xiaogang | ||||||
Written by | Liu Zhenyun | ||||||
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Starring | Zhang Guoli Chen Daoming Li Xuejian Zhang Hanyu Fan Wei Feng Yuanzheng Xu Fan Tim Robbins Adrien Brody | ||||||
Cinematography | Lü Yue | ||||||
Edited by | Xiao Yang | ||||||
Music by | Zhao Jiping | ||||||
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Running time | 146 minutes | ||||||
Country | China | ||||||
Languages | Mandarin, English, Japanese | ||||||
Budget | ¥210 million | ||||||
Box office | ¥364 million[1] |
Back to 1942 is a 2012 Chinese historical film directed by Feng Xiaogang.[2] It is based on Liu Zhenyun's novel Remembering 1942, and is about a major famine in Henan, China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. On 11 November 2012, the film premiered at the International Rome Film Festival.[3] The film was selected as the Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,[4] but was not nominated.