Assembly (film)
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Theatrical release poster
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| Traditional | 集結號 |
| Simplified | 集结号 |
| Mandarin | Jí Jié Hào |
| Directed by | Feng Xiaogang |
| Produced by |
John Chong Feng Xiaogang Wang Zhongjun Guan Yadi |
| Written by | Liu Heng (1992 screenplay) |
| Starring |
Zhang Hanyu Deng Chao Yuan Wenkang Tang Yan Wang Baoqiang Liao Fan Hu Jun Ren Quan Li Naiwen |
| Music by | Wang Liguang |
| Cinematography | Lü Yue |
| Edited by | Liu Miaomiao |
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Production
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| Distributed by |
Huayi Brothers Media Asia Distribution Ltd. |
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Release date
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20 December 2007 (China) 3 January 2008 (Hong Kong) |
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Running time
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124 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong China |
| Language | Mandarin English |
| Budget | US$16,000,000 (estimated) |
| Box office | $35 million(¥260 million) |
Assembly is a 2007 Chinese war film written by Liu Heng and directed by Feng Xiaogang. It starred Zhang Hanyu, Deng Chao, Yuan Wenkang, Tang Yan, Wang Baoqiang, Liao Fan, Hu Jun, Ren Quan and Li Naiwen. The film, ostensibly portraying an anti-war theme, was first released on 20 December 2007. It won the 2008 Hundred Flowers Awards and the 2009 Golden Rooster Awards for Best Film.
In 1948, during the Huaihai Campaign of the Chinese Civil War, Captain Gu Zidi leads the 9th Company of the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) 139th Regiment to attack a town controlled by National Revolutionary Army (NRA) forces. They win the battle but sustain heavy casualties in the process. After witnessing his political commissar being killed in battle, Gu is so angry that he orders his men to execute the NRA soldiers who surrendered, but his men refuse to obey because they will violate the rules of engagement. Gu is punished by confinement for three days. He quickly befriends his cellmate, Wang Jincun, a teacher and pacifist who is jailed for cowardice in battle.
After Gu is released, he meets his superior, Colonel Liu Zeshui, who sends him and his 46 surviving men on a new mission: To defend a coal mine on the bank of the Wen River (at Dawenkou Town, Daiyue District, Tai'an, Shandong). They must not retreat until they hear the bugle call for assembly. With Liu's permission, Wang becomes the 9th Company's new political commissar. Almost immediately after fortifying their position, the 9th Company comes under heavy attack by NRA forces. After fending off a wave of enemy infantry and destroying two enemy tanks, only a handful of them are left alive. The mortally wounded adjutant claims that he heard a bugle call in the distance. A few others say they heard it too. Gu, who has been temporarily deafened by an explosion, is reluctant to believe them so he orders them to fight to the death. The entire 9th Company, except Gu, is killed.
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