| Codename Cougar | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 代號美洲豹 |
| Simplified Chinese | 代号美洲豹 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Dàiháo měizhōubào |
| Directed by | Zhang Yimou Yang Fengliang |
| Written by | Cheng Shiqing |
| Starring | Gong Li Ge You Liu Xiaoning Wang Xueqi |
| Cinematography | Gu Changwei |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Language | Mandarin |
Codename Cougar (also known as Codename: Cougar, Operation Cougar or The Puma Action) is a 1989 Chinese thriller film. It was co-directed by Zhang Yimou and Yang Fengliang. Unlike the bulk of Zhang's early works (ranging from 1986's Red Sorghum to 1995's Shanghai Triad), which were all historical pieces, Codename Cougar is a modern thriller involving a skyjacked airliner and political intrigue.
The film was made as a private investment by a friend of Zhang, but parts of their initial ideas were censored by the Chinese authorities. In the end, the film broke even but earned no profits. Zhang called it "a purely commercial gun chase film".[1]
- ^ Zhang Yimou. Frances K. Gateward, Yimou Zhang, Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2001, p. 31.