History ·Adventure ·War ·Music ·Drama · China · 1970 · 2h 9m

Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy

智取威虎山

Director

Cast

Tong Xiangling as Yang Zirong Shen Jinbo as Leader Shi Zhenquan as Li, Yungchi Qi Shufang as Chang, Bao Zhang Youfu as Hunter Chang Wang Mengyun as Mother Li

Crew

Qian Jiang — Director of Photography Bo Qu — Novel

Synopsis

Taking Tiger Mountain was the very first model film produced during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Set during the civil war in 1946, it follows a detachment of the People's Liberation Army in Mandchuria as they are fighting a group of bandits hiding in the mountains. Based on a novel from the 50s, Taking Tiger Mountain was first a revolutionary opera before being made into film by director Xie Tieli.

Key Collaborators

Xie Tieli Director Qian Jiang Director of Photography Bo Qu Novel

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