Back to 1942

Back to 1942
Theatrical release poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese一九四二
Simplified Chinese一九四二
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYī Jǐu Sì Èr
Directed byFeng Xiaogang
Written byLiu Zhenyun
Produced by
StarringZhang Guoli
Chen Daoming
Li Xuejian
Zhang Hanyu
Fan Wei
Feng Yuanzheng
Xu Fan
Adrien Brody
Tim Robbins
CinematographyLü Yue
Edited byXiao Yang
Music byZhao Jiping
Production
company
Release date
  • 29 November 2012 (2012-11-29)
Running time
146 minutes
CountryChina
LanguagesMandarin
English
Japanese
Budget¥210 million
Box office¥364 million

Back to 1942 is a 2012 Chinese historical drama film directed by Feng Xiaogang. It is based on Liu Zhenyun's novel Remembering 1942, and is about a major famine in Henan, China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. On 11 November 2012, the film premiered at the International Rome Film Festival. The film was selected as the Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.