The Battle at Lake Changjin II
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| Traditional Chinese | 長津湖之水門橋 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 长津湖之水门桥 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | The Water Gate Bridge at Lake Changjin | ||||||
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| Directed by | Chen Kaige Tsui Hark Dante Lam | ||||||
| Screenplay by | Lan Xiaolong Huang Jianxin | ||||||
| Produced by | Huang Jianxin Chen Kaige Tsui Hark Dante Lam | ||||||
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| Cinematography | Luo Pan (罗攀) Gao Hu (高虎) Kenny Tse Peter Pau Huang Yongheng (黄永恒) Ding Yu (丁豫) | ||||||
| Edited by | Mai Zishan (麦子善) Li Dianshi (李点石) He Yongyi (何永祎) | ||||||
| Music by | Elliot Leung Zhiyi Wang Li Ye | ||||||
Production companies | Bona Film Group August First Film Studio Huaxia Film Distribution China Film Group Shanghai Film Group Alibaba Pictures Dengfeng International Culture Media Emperor Motion Pictures | ||||||
| Distributed by | Bona Film Group Emperor Motion Pictures | ||||||
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Running time | 149 minutes | ||||||
| Countries | China Hong Kong | ||||||
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| Box office | $626.6 million | ||||||
The Battle at Lake Changjin II (released in the United Kingdom as The Battle at Water Gate Bridge), is a 2022 war drama film co-produced and co-directed by Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark and Dante Lam, written by Lan Xiaolong and Huang Jianxin, and starring Wu Jing and Jackson Yee. It was produced by the Bona Film Group in light of the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party. The film is the sequel to The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021). It is a fictionalized retelling of the fighting at Funchilin Pass during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir against American forces in the Korean War.
The film was released on 1 February 2022 (Chinese New Year) and grossed over $626 million in China, making it the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2022.