About News Movies Trailers Features
A Narrow Escape ( chou zhong chou)
By ChinaFilm.com Published: 2008-04-25
In 1644, in order to restore the Ming Dynasty and resist the Qing Dynasty, peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng led his troops towards the south. On their way, at Mr. Jiugong in the east of Hubei province, they were attacked by the Qing army. Li then disappeared. In order to find Li Zicheng, General Leg of the Qing army bribes Ma Zhong, Li’s former general, to follow the rebel troops. To avenge Chongzhen, last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who hung himself, He Tengjiao, Governor of the Hu-Guang provinces invites the Kungfu hero Han Yimin to seek Li Zicheng secretly. And Li Zicheng’s daughter, Li Cuiwei, also arrives of Mt. Jiugong to look for her father. Fierce fighting ensues between them… At this critical juncture, military counselor Gu of the rebel troops uses a stratagem to get Li Zicheng of danger. Failing to escape from a trap set by Li Zicheng, Ma Zhong, Leg and the Qing soldiers are all burned to death in the reed marshes.
Screenplay: Yang Daina
Director: Zhou Kangyu
Cinematography: Zhang Jianzhong
Art Director: Xia Rujin
Music: Xu Jingxin
Starring: Sun Qianqian, Chen Kang, Jiang Biao
Running time: 100 min.
Produced by Xiaoxiang Film Studio
Produced in 1991
Copyright © 2008 China Film Group Corporation By Beijing Spatial Port Co. Ltd. All rights reserved.