The innocent heroes of the mountains and rivers go home, and the future such as ＂A bloody battle on Ganling＂ can be expected!

Special feature of 1905 film network "The mountains and rivers are innocent, and the country is rich and the army is strong. We welcome the volunteers home with high respect."

On September 16th, the ninth batch of 88 remains of Chinese people’s Volunteer Army in Korea returned to the embrace of the motherland after a long separation by Yun -20 special plane. Before landing at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport, this conversation between the tower and the special plane touched countless netizens.

72 years ago, Chinese people’s Volunteer Army fought bloody battles across the Yalu River to defend the country, and 197,653 volunteers died heroically. From 2014 to 2021, Chinese people’s Volunteer Army has handed over the remains of 825 Korean martyrs to China for eight consecutive years.

This group of loveliest people not only become people’s spiritual idols, but also become the protagonists on the big screen. In recent years, many works on the theme of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, such as,, etc., have gained both word-of-mouth and box office.

Influenced by the atmosphere of the times, the overall improvement of the film industry level, and the characterization of grounding gas, such films not only inspired the audience’s love feelings, but also gained commercial recognition. In the future, there will be other films, such as "A bloody battle on the Gan Ling", which will meet the audience.

Movies on the theme of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea are "youthful"

From "wait for me to go home" to "take me home" and then "take me home", the voyage took less than two hours, and 88 Chinese people’s Volunteer Army heroes walked for 72 years. They never left on the big screen.

Released in 1956, it was the first feature film reflecting the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea among domestic films. In order to create a vivid script, the two directors led the film crew to Shangganling for many times, and interviewed more than 100 witnesses and recorded more than 500,000 words of materials.

This film has become a screen memory for generations, and the score of Douban is as high as 8.3.

The founder, chairman and general manager of Bona Film once recalled that classic films such as Shangganling made him have a deep memory of the history of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, and then decided to shoot The Battle at Lake Changjin, which was not only a tribute to the classics of that era, but also a hope to shoot films that could survive in this era and influence generations.

From 1956 to 2022, there appeared on the big screen in China, such excellent feature films as, The Sacrifice, Sniper and The Battle at Lake Changjin to resist US aggression and aid Korea. In 2020 and 2021, "Defending the country — — The documentary on the light and shadow of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and two documentaries also pointed the camera at the veterans of the Volunteers.

Among them, The Battle at Lake Changjin made a record of 5.775 billion yuan, becoming the box office champion in China’s film history, with a cumulative attendance of 124 million. From the original monotonous black-and-white images to the reappearance of grand war scenes, the rapid improvement of China’s film industry level has become an important reason for the quality of such works to a higher level.

"In the past, many domestic blockbusters went abroad for post-production and relied on foreign technology. In fact, the industrial base of China’s films has accumulated to a certain extent, and this epidemic has just conducted a comprehensive review of the production capacity of China’s film industry. The Battle at Lake Changjin mobilized almost all the post-production and special effects technical support forces in China, and more than 90% of them were completed in China. " In an interview with the media, Yu Dong said that The Battle at Lake Changjin witnessed a leap and great strides in China’s films from the level of industrialization.

In terms of characterization, this kind of film not only has a panoramic description of the hero group, but also a micro-sculpture of the personality curve of ordinary individuals. The unity of mortals and heroes makes the audience feel more substituted.

"The responsible parts I filmed are very interesting, that is, the paragraphs that establish the character of these characters. For example, at first, he returned to his hometown, and he never thought that the role he played as his brother would eventually join the army and go to the battlefield with him." According to reports, during The Battle at Lake Changjin’s filming, the characterization in the film became one of his priorities.

"Sniper" in the Spring Festival of 2022 even locked the protagonist in a sniper class. In a limited scene, through a sniper encounter, the image of a full-fledged volunteer soldier stands on the big screen.

Many volunteers veterans shed tears of excitement when watching this film. The light and shadow pictures on the big screen bring their thoughts back to that year.

The Great War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and other films are already in production.

At the opening forum of the 24th Shanghai International Film Festival held in June, 2021, Wang Changtian, president of Light Media, estimated that in the next five years, the film industry will need to invest at least 15 billion to 20 billion yuan to shoot 50 main theme films.

These new mainstream films include the Great War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, and The Bloody Battle in Gangling.

At the beginning of September, China Film Co., Ltd. issued an announcement on the holding of the semi-annual performance briefing in 2022, showing that "The Great War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" is a film that shows the great course of resisting US aggression and aid Korea in a panoramic way, with relatively high production scale, technological level and heavy workload, and is currently being filmed. "　

According to the summary of the record, the film will start with the central government’s decision to enter the DPRK and end with the signing of the armistice agreement, showing the great deeds of the heroic People’s Volunteers in the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea in a panoramic and multi-level manner.

At the beginning of August, Bona Film released the prospectus of initial public offering, which showed that the company planned to invest 1.68 billion yuan for the production of 10 films in the future. Among them, "A bloody battle on Ganling" is expected to invest 250 million yuan. It can be seen from the title that the film will focus on the heroic deeds in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

In addition, there is a movie "The Battle of Shangganling", which was put on record and approved by the script in 2018. The screenwriter of the film is Liu Jianwei, a military writer, and the story content of the film is also centered on the Battle of Shangganling.

According to the records, the intensity of Shangganling campaign is unprecedented, especially the artillery firepower density. In this campaign, a number of heroes such as Huang Jiguang, Zhang Ruichen and Sun Zhanyuan also emerged. Their heroic deeds also provide rich materials for the creation of film and television dramas.

In terms of TV series, films such as Winter and the Lion are expected to meet the audience in the future. Based on the battle of Changjin Lake in 1950, the play tells the story of the predecessor of "Gangqilian Company" to resist US aggression and aid Korea.

After 72 years, the most lovely people still live in people’s hearts. Their stories and spirits will be passed down forever in the form of light and shadow.