One And Eight (1983)

Name: One And Eight
Released: 1983-01-01

1h 30m

Running Time

Plot.

Director Zhang Junzhao's superbly tense revisionist war film (featuring striking cinematography from future Fifth Generation standard bearer Zhang Yimou) is widely considered to be the first work of Mainland Fifth Generation cinema.

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Cast & Crew.

Chen Daoming

Xiaoyan Lu

卫生员

Tao Zeru

Wei Zongwan

Zhai Chunhua

瘦烟鬼

Minghe Ci

Editor

Xie Yuan

Actor

Zhang Junzhao

Director

Ziliang Zhang

Screenplay

Zhang Yimou

Director of Photography

Xiao Feng

Director of Photography

Details.

Release Date
January 1, 1983

Original Name
一个和八个

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 30m

Last updated: 2025-02-10

Wiki.

One and Eight is a landmark Chinese film from 1983. The film tells the story of eight criminals and a deserting Chinese officer in the communist Eighth Route Army caught in the midst of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Directed by Zhang Junzhao, One and Eight also features cinematography by the soon-to-be-acclaimed Zhang Yimou and stars Chen Daoming. It is based on an epic poem by Guo Xiaochuan.