Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy

Release Date: 1970-12-03

Overview: 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.

Rating: 5 / 10

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