Full River Red

Full River Red
Promotional poster
Traditional Chinese滿
Simplified Chinese满江红
Literal meaningthe whole river red
Hanyu Pinyinmǎnjiānghóng
Directed byZhang Yimou
Written by
  • Zhang Yimou
  • Chen Yu
Produced byYu Liang
Starring
CinematographyZhao Xiaoding
Edited byLi Yongyi
Music byHan Hong
Production
company
Huanxi Media
Distributed byTianjin Maoyan Weiying Culture Media
China Film Co., Ltd.
Release date
  • January 22, 2023 (2023-01-22) (China)
Running time
159 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
BudgetCN¥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]

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  2. ^ 张艺谋执导电影《满江红》发海报及预告片,定档大年初一. The Beijing News (in Chinese). 2022-12-27.
  3. ^ "张艺谋谈《满江红》:不仅要抖包袱 还要让观众在笑声中共情--文旅·体育--人民网". ent.people.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-04-11.