Back to 1942 (Chinese, English, Japanese, Blu-ray disc)

War epic set during the Second Sino-Japanese War. As a devastating drought takes hold of Henan province in China, a wealthy farmer named Fan (Guoli Zhang) manages to beat the struggle and maintains enough food to feed his family and the village. But that all changes when bandits rob and burn his village to the ground, murdering his son as they do so. Fan and his family are forced to flee with some of their fellow villagers, but more troubles follow as Fan's money and food supplies are stolen by army officials. This leads the starving and helpless family to make some tough decisions in order to acquire the necessities they so desperately need. Meanwhile an American journalist (Adrien Brody) examines the Government's policy on giving aid to refugees such as Fan, with serious consequences for both parties.

General

Studio:	BFI Pub
Release date:	February 2015
Movie released:	2012
Actors:	Hanyu Zhang • Fan Xu • Jingyi Yao • Xuejian Li • Tim Robbins • Wei Fan • Daoming Chen • Mo Zhang • Guoli Zhang • Yuanzheng Feng • Adrien Brody
Contributors:	Peter Lam • Jiping Zhao • Sanping Han • Dai Song • Albert Yeung • Yue Lü • Guangquan Liu • Zhongjun Wang • Yi-Yang Wang • Zhenyun Liu
Directors:	Xiogang Feng
Dimensions:	170 x 135 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Region encoding:	Region B. This Blu-ray disk will play in all South African Blu-ray players.
Audio format:	Dolby Digital 5.1 / DTS
Video format:	Widescreen 2.35:1
Languages:	Chinese • English • Japanese
Subtitles:	English
Age restriction:	15
Categories:	DVD > Feature Film
LSN:	XKJ-E6F-YLE-7
Barcode:	5035673012031

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Mon, 25 Feb 2019 | Review by: Jenny S.

Well made and thought-provoking.

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