BACK TO 1942 (2012)

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• Release Year: 2012
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: The Henan province disaster was one of the darkest moments in 20th century Chinese history - a humanitarian crisis first sparked by drought, then compounded by a combination of windstorms, government corruption, and a war with Japan.; ; In the midst of the devastation, an American journalist (Adrien Brody) searches for answers, and slowly comes to understand that there may be a greater connection between these tragedies and his political theories than he once thought.; ; Starring Brody, Zhang Guoli, and Tim Robbins, this tragic retelling of events is based on Liu Zhengyun's bestselling novel Remembering 1942. Director Fend Ziaogang follows up his blockbuster real-life disaster movie Aftershock with this unflinching portrayal of one of the darkest times in China's WWII history, resulting in a loss of at least three million people.;
• Cast: Adrien Brody, Daoming Chen, Fan Xu, Hanyu Zhang, Alec Su, Alfred Hsing, Mo Zhang, Guoli Zhang, Xuejian Li, Yihong Duan, Ziwen Wang, Guoqiang Zhang, Tim Robbins, Xiaogang Feng, Zhenyun Liu
• Director: Xiaogang Feng
• Runtime: 2:25
• Company: Huayi Brothers, Emperor Motion Pictures, Media Asia Films
• Media Format: Movie