Yahoo Web Search

  1. Prime Members Get Instant Access to the Latest Movies, TV Shows and Amazon Originals. Thousands of Popular Movies & TV Shows, Discover the Newest Releases and Classics on Prime

Search results

      • Back to 1942 received mixed reviews. It has a 40% approval rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 10 reviews with an average rating of 5.2/10.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_1942
  1. People also ask

  2. The underrated "Yi jiu si er", a.k.a."Back to 1942", is a magnificent and heartbreaking Chinese epic, with the sad drama of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The plot follows the journey of the landlord Master Fan from his wealthy village to the need to selling his daughter to prostitution for food.

  3. Nov 30, 2012 · The fortunes of a well-off Chinese landlord (Zhang Guoli) fall to ruin, as a devastating famine holds the country in its grip in 1942.

    • (11)
    • Guoli Zhang
    • Feng Xiao-Gang
    • History, Drama
  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Back_to_1942Back to 1942 - Wikipedia

    Back to 1942 is a 2012 Chinese historical film directed by Feng Xiaogang. [2] 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. [3]

  5. Back to 1942 Review Chinese epic illuminates a dark chapter in its WWII history. How on Earth could a government, its army and bureaucrats turn their backs while three million citizens starved to ...

    • Don Groves
  6. A famine with multiple contributing factors and devastating effects during the Second Sino-Japanese war is chronicled from the official perspective of reporters, generals, politicians and real families whose lives were forever altered by drastic measures they were forced to take in order to survive.

    • (3.8K)
    • Drama, History, War
    • Xiaogang Feng
    • 2012-11-29
  7. Disaster movie and war movie in one dramatic realisation of a dark chapter in China's history, Back to 1942 is epic in its intentions and its scope. Full Review | Nov 24, 2012

  8. Nov 29, 2012 · Starring Zhang Guoli, Adrien Brody and Tim Robbins. Directed by Feng Xiaogang. 145 minutes. Opens Nov. 30 at major theatres. 14A. War is cruel enough. Add the depredations of famine for the people...

  1. People also search for