Full River Red | |
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Traditional Chinese | 滿江紅 |
Simplified Chinese | 满江红 |
Literal meaning | the whole river red |
Hanyu Pinyin | mǎnjiānghóng |
Directed by | Zhang Yimou |
Written by |
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Produced by | Yu Liang |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Zhao Xiaoding |
Edited by | Li Yongyi |
Music by | Han Hong |
Production company | Huanxi Media |
Distributed by | Tianjin Maoyan Weiying Culture Media China Film Co., Ltd. |
Release date |
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Running time | 159 minutes |
Country | China |
Language | Mandarin |
Budget | CN¥500 million (est. USD$72.7 million) |
Box office | $634.6 million[1] |
Full River Red (Chinese: 满江红) is a 2023 period comedy thriller film directed by Zhang Yimou, and stars Shen Teng and Jackson Yee, alongside Zhang Yi, Lei Jiayin and Yue Yunpeng. It was released in theaters in China on January 22, 2023, the same day as the Chinese New Year Day.[2] It is the highest grossing Chinese film in 2023.
Full River Red is based on a meeting between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty. It tells the story of a group of righteous men who sacrificed their lives to eradicate evil. Among them, the characters Zhang Da played by Shen Teng and Sun Jun played by Yi Yangqianxi also have their own mysterious color, which makes people imagine endlessly.[3]