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China's cultural products to mark World War II
By Zhang Rui
August 18, 2015
The poster of "The Great Campaign with One Hundred Regiments." [File photo: mtime.com]
A great many cultural projects have been basically completed to commemorate the anti-fascist victory of World War II and the 70th anniversary of the victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45), China.org.cn has learned.
The war epic "The Great Campaign with One Hundred Regiments," directed by Ning Haiqiang and Zhang Yuzhong, will debut in Chinese theaters on Aug. 28, with a cast led by Tang Guoqiang, Wang Wufu, and Wu Yue and the script written by Dong Zhe, who previously wrote the Chinese revolutionary blockbusters "The Founding of A Republic" and "The Founding of a Party."
The film recreates the largest and longest battle launched by the Eighth Route Army in north China when the anti-Japanese war was stalemated in August 1940. Director Ning Haiqiang said he chose the three biggest actions during the battle to compile the film, which will ignite Chinese people's nationalism and patriotism.
"Cairo Declaration" is set for Sept. 3 release. The film will recount the events of the Cairo Conference in Cairo, Egypt, on Nov. 27, 1943 where President Franklin Roosevelt of the United States, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom, and Chiang Kai-shek of the then Republic of China met to discuss war plans.
The film aroused controversy and misunderstanding recently as it released a set of four posters of the world leaders, including Roosevelt, Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong but without Chiang. The filmmakers later explained they "didn't intend to show disrespect to historical facts" and other posters do show Chiang.
Nevertheless, the directors, Wen Deguang and Hu Minggang, are sure it will be a block buster. It stars Tang Guoqiang, Hu Jun, Joan Chen and Carina Lau.
Poster of "The Waves." [Photo: Baidu]
China has a long list of anti-Japanese war and World War II themed cultural works, majorly films and TV series that
have appeared through the years. Some poor quality films and TV series were often seen as lacking artistic sincerity and lacking respect for history.
Ma Dingxin, a 99-year-old veteran in Sichuan Province, told the West China Metropolis Daily that many current TV series about anti-Japanese war are fairy tales in poor taste. "The real war is more cruel and harsh than is shown on TV," he said, "The Japanese soldiers are not the clowns as they are depicted in many TV shows, instead they were very strong indeed, so that we paid a heavy price with much sacrifice to win the war."
He Yunzhong, a historian who researches the anti-Japanese war, said the efforts to try to use history as entertainment to please young Chinese audiences are wrong. "No matter what the intentions are, only respecting and facing up to the history and the gap between us and enemies, will be the real and biggest respect we can show to the veteran heroes."
Wang Haiping, the vice director of Beijing municipal publicity department, said the city government initiated the projects since 2013 to organize and help the creation of the cultural projects with the significant theme by mobilizing the state-owned cultural enterprises and encouraging the private cultural institutes to provide high-quality cultural works, the Beijing Morning Post reported.
There are a series of films, TV series, TV shows and documentaries due to debut from the end of August, including the TV series "The Waves" which will debut in October, telling stories about how a batch of Beijing young students went to support the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and grow to be heroic Chinese soldiers.
Poster of "Tunnel Warfare." [Photo from Internet]
Three cartoons featuring Chinese people's resistance against Japanese aggression in World War II will be broadcast from Monday. All three are based on WWII war stories such as "Tunnel Warfare" about a small town using a network of tunnels to defend itself and sabotage the invaders.
Beijing art troupes will also present 26 original stage shows, including 8 operas, 8 stage dramas, 4 concerts and others such as "Mother" and "Homeland," which will be performed in Beijing through August to November. There are also 51 books being published, including documentary writings, martyr’s biographies, and academic research to record Beijing's anti-Japanese struggle in history, to be published since the late August.
About 400 pieces of newly created visual artworks commemorating the anniversary will be exhibited in the National Art Museum of China from Aug. 18 to Sept. 20, while a major history exhibition also started on Tuesday in the Museum of the War of the Chinese People's Resistance against Japanese Aggression in the Lugouqiao area of Beijing. The National Library of China will also exhibit 1,500 pieces of diaries, manuscripts, books, photos, audio and video archive materials, old news papers and books until Sept. 20.
The 70th anniversary of the victory of the anti-Japanese aggression war and the victory of World War II will culminate in a military parade on Sept. 3 in Beijing. It will be the first time China has held a parade to commemorate the date since Sept. 3 was ratified as a day of remembrance by China's top legislature in early 2014.
By Zhang Rui
August 18, 2015
The poster of "The Great Campaign with One Hundred Regiments." [File photo: mtime.com]
A great many cultural projects have been basically completed to commemorate the anti-fascist victory of World War II and the 70th anniversary of the victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45), China.org.cn has learned.
The war epic "The Great Campaign with One Hundred Regiments," directed by Ning Haiqiang and Zhang Yuzhong, will debut in Chinese theaters on Aug. 28, with a cast led by Tang Guoqiang, Wang Wufu, and Wu Yue and the script written by Dong Zhe, who previously wrote the Chinese revolutionary blockbusters "The Founding of A Republic" and "The Founding of a Party."
The film recreates the largest and longest battle launched by the Eighth Route Army in north China when the anti-Japanese war was stalemated in August 1940. Director Ning Haiqiang said he chose the three biggest actions during the battle to compile the film, which will ignite Chinese people's nationalism and patriotism.
"Cairo Declaration" is set for Sept. 3 release. The film will recount the events of the Cairo Conference in Cairo, Egypt, on Nov. 27, 1943 where President Franklin Roosevelt of the United States, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom, and Chiang Kai-shek of the then Republic of China met to discuss war plans.
The film aroused controversy and misunderstanding recently as it released a set of four posters of the world leaders, including Roosevelt, Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong but without Chiang. The filmmakers later explained they "didn't intend to show disrespect to historical facts" and other posters do show Chiang.
Nevertheless, the directors, Wen Deguang and Hu Minggang, are sure it will be a block buster. It stars Tang Guoqiang, Hu Jun, Joan Chen and Carina Lau.
Poster of "The Waves." [Photo: Baidu]
China has a long list of anti-Japanese war and World War II themed cultural works, majorly films and TV series that
have appeared through the years. Some poor quality films and TV series were often seen as lacking artistic sincerity and lacking respect for history.
Ma Dingxin, a 99-year-old veteran in Sichuan Province, told the West China Metropolis Daily that many current TV series about anti-Japanese war are fairy tales in poor taste. "The real war is more cruel and harsh than is shown on TV," he said, "The Japanese soldiers are not the clowns as they are depicted in many TV shows, instead they were very strong indeed, so that we paid a heavy price with much sacrifice to win the war."
He Yunzhong, a historian who researches the anti-Japanese war, said the efforts to try to use history as entertainment to please young Chinese audiences are wrong. "No matter what the intentions are, only respecting and facing up to the history and the gap between us and enemies, will be the real and biggest respect we can show to the veteran heroes."
Wang Haiping, the vice director of Beijing municipal publicity department, said the city government initiated the projects since 2013 to organize and help the creation of the cultural projects with the significant theme by mobilizing the state-owned cultural enterprises and encouraging the private cultural institutes to provide high-quality cultural works, the Beijing Morning Post reported.
There are a series of films, TV series, TV shows and documentaries due to debut from the end of August, including the TV series "The Waves" which will debut in October, telling stories about how a batch of Beijing young students went to support the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and grow to be heroic Chinese soldiers.
Poster of "Tunnel Warfare." [Photo from Internet]
Three cartoons featuring Chinese people's resistance against Japanese aggression in World War II will be broadcast from Monday. All three are based on WWII war stories such as "Tunnel Warfare" about a small town using a network of tunnels to defend itself and sabotage the invaders.
Beijing art troupes will also present 26 original stage shows, including 8 operas, 8 stage dramas, 4 concerts and others such as "Mother" and "Homeland," which will be performed in Beijing through August to November. There are also 51 books being published, including documentary writings, martyr’s biographies, and academic research to record Beijing's anti-Japanese struggle in history, to be published since the late August.
About 400 pieces of newly created visual artworks commemorating the anniversary will be exhibited in the National Art Museum of China from Aug. 18 to Sept. 20, while a major history exhibition also started on Tuesday in the Museum of the War of the Chinese People's Resistance against Japanese Aggression in the Lugouqiao area of Beijing. The National Library of China will also exhibit 1,500 pieces of diaries, manuscripts, books, photos, audio and video archive materials, old news papers and books until Sept. 20.
The 70th anniversary of the victory of the anti-Japanese aggression war and the victory of World War II will culminate in a military parade on Sept. 3 in Beijing. It will be the first time China has held a parade to commemorate the date since Sept. 3 was ratified as a day of remembrance by China's top legislature in early 2014.