The Taking of Tiger Mountain
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| Directed by | Tsui Hark |
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| Based on | Tracks in the Snowy Forest by Qu Bo |
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| Cinematography | Choi Sung-fai |
| Edited by | Yu Baiyang |
| Music by | Wu Wai-lap |
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Running time | 141 minutes |
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| Language | Mandarin |
| Box office | US$150 million (China) |
The Taking of Tiger Mountain (Chinese: 智取威虎山) is a 2014 epic action adventure film directed by Tsui Hark, produced by Huang Jianxin and Yu Dong, and based on the novel Tracks in the Snowy Forest by Qu Bo. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the story is based on the revolutionary opera of the same name about a conflict between the People's Liberation Army of China and a bandit gang. It was released on December 23, 2014.
Zhang Hanyu portrays Yang Zirong and Lin Gengxin takes on the role of Shao Jianbo, the two protagonists of the story. While Yang Zirong (1917–1947) is based on the real-life person, the other hero of the story Shao Jianbo is fictional, and Qu Bo created the character based on himself, as the story is seen through the point of view of Shao Jianbo.
Bona Film Group bought the rights to the novel in 2009 and had been planning the adaptation since.
Qu Bo's novel was also famously adapted into the opera Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy, from which the film takes its title.