The Founding of a Republic
The Founding of a Republic is a Chinese historical drama produced in 2009 to mark the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China and was made to portray the final years of the Chinese Communist Revolution that followed the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). This film was co-directed by Huang Jianxin and Han Sanping, and includes many famous actors such as Andy Lau, Ge You, as well as other directors such as Jiang Wen, and Chen Kaige. The main protagonists Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek were played by highly renowned actors, Tang Guoqiang and Zhang Guoli. One of the purposes of this movie aside from reenacting the events of the Chinese Communist Revolution was to also attract a younger audience to view films that revolved around government propaganda, which they aim to accomplish by including famous actors that would draw the attention of the youth. According to the executive at one of China's top multiplex chains, this film is also unique because the film unusually marries "the core of an 'ethically inspiring' film with commercial packaging.".
Plot
In 1945 after the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Mao Zedong and other members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) travel to Chongqing to meet with Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang (KMT). This meeting aims to consider a peace negotiation between the two parties and hopefully discuss the beginning of a democratic nation. With assistance from the China Democratic League, Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek signed the Double Tenth Agreement on October 10, 1945. Both parties agreed to halt the civil war and establish a multi-party government within China.
Cast
- Andy Lau
- Ao Yang
- Cao Kefan
- Che Xiaotong
- Chen Baoguo
- Chen Daoming
- Chen Hao
- Chen Hong
- Chen Kaige
- Chen Kun
- Deng Chao
- Donnie Yen
- Fan Bingbing
- Fan Wei
- Feng Xiaogang
- Feng Yuanzheng
- Ge Cunzhuang
- Ge You
- Gong Beibi
- Gu Wei
- Guo Degang
- Hou Yong
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- Hu Jun
- Huang Shengyi
- Huang Wei
- Huang Xiaoming
- Jackie Chan
- Jet Li
- Jiang Wen
- Jin Xin
- John Woo
- Leon Lai
- Liu Jing
- Liu Sha
- Liu Ye
- Ning Jing
- Shi Xin
- Sun Honglei
- Sun Jitang
- Sun Xing
- Tang Guoqiang
- Tong Dawei
- Tony Leung Ka-fai
- Vivian Wu
- Wang Baoqiang
- Wang Bing
- Wang Jian
- Wang Jun
- Wang Wufu
- Wang Xuebing
- Wang Xueqi
- Wu Gang
- Xie Gang
- Xiu Zongdi
- Xu Fan
- Xu Huanshan
- Xu Qing
- Yang Xiaodan
- Ye Jin
- You Yong
- Zhang Guoli
- Zhang Hanyu
- Zhang Qiufang
- Zhang Ziyi
- Zhao Ningyu
- Zhao Wei
- Zhao Yong
- Zhong Xinghuo
- Zong Liqun