The Resistance (film)

The Resistance
The Resistance
	Official USA Poster
Directed by	Peng Zhang Li
Written by	Peng Zhang Li; Scott Timmins
Starring	Hu Sang; Jeremy Marr Williams; Peng Zhang Li; Johan Karlberg; Zhao Jiuyi; Zhang Xiao Hua
Production; company	Ningxia Film Group
Release dates	10 November 2011; 17 May 2012 (Cannes film festival);
Running time	89 minutes
Country	China
Languages	English; Chinese; Japanese

The Resistance (Chinese: 反抗者; pinyin: Fǎnkàng zhě) is a Chinese martial arts action film set during World War II, directed by Peng Zhang Li.

The Resistance is inspired by the beginning of the Japanese invasion of China where over 300,000 people in the capital of Nanjing were massacred. The movie mixes an epic tale of revenge with elements of martial art, ninja, adventure, and war movies.

Plot

In 1940 during the Second World War, a city named Shichen is controlled ruthlessly by general Takeshi and his imperial Japanese army. A masked murderer known as "The Black Dress Killer" is systematically killing Japanese soldiers, working his way to the top Japanese general, who is responsible for many deaths of men and women, including Xiaoyun's family. Xiaoyun is a peasant girl who joined the Chinese resistance to avenge her family. Meanwhile, an American reporter is sent to China to uncover the truth about the unrest between China and Japan. What he finds threatens his own life and later forces him to join the Chinese Resistance.

Cast

Hu Sang as Xiaoyun
Jeremy Marr Williams as Steven
Peng Zhang Li as Takeshi
Zhang Xiao Hua as Xiaolin
Zhao Jiuyi as Chen Xi
Johan Karlberg as Schultz
Qiu Wu Tong as Ming Ming
Li Yin as Feng Qing
Zhang Ming Fang as Bangsu
Li Zhong He as Laozhou
Ma Hong Jing as Killer Geisha
Yin Wang as Akita

Location

The Resistance was shot over seven months from October 2010 to April 2011 at Ningxia Film Studio, some scenes were shot at Zhejiang Province and Taohua Island, it was the first film shot there.

Released

The Resistance was released on November 10, 2011. It screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2012. After a limited run in theaters in September, 2012, its DVD was released on February 12, 2013 in North America, 17 June 2013 in The UK & Ireland, 3 October 2013 in Netherlands & Belgium, and 3 April 2014 in Indonesia.

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