

The Battle at Lake Changjin
2021-09-30 · 178 min · ★ 6.4
Korean War, winter 1950. In the frozen and snowy area of Changjin Lake, a bloody battle is about to begin between the elite troops of the United States and China.
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Production details
- Directors
- Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, Dante Lam Chiu-yin
- Production companies
- Bona Film Group, Shanghai Film Group, DF Pictures, Alibaba Pictures Group, Distribution Workshop, Huaxia Film Distribution, Just Creative Studio, China Film Group Corporation
- Countries
- China, Hong Kong
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 200,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 902,540,935
Top Cast
Wu JingWu Qianli
Jackson Yi YangqianxiWu Wanli
Duan YihongTan Ziwei
Zhu YawenMei Sheng
Kevin LeeColonel Allan MacLean
Jerry LeeYu Congrong
Elvis HanPing He
Hu JunLei Jusheng
James FilbirdGeneral Douglas MacArthur
Huang XuanMao An'ying
Zhang HanyuSong Shilun
Ou HaoYang Gensi
Diego DatiEricker
Shi PengyuanZhang Xiaoshan
Li MinchengKe Dachuan
Tang GuoqiangMao Zedong
Yang YiweiHe Changgui
Zhou XiaobinPeng Dehuai
Lin YongjianDeng HuaTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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