The Founding of a Republic (2009)

Jian guo da ye (original title)

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2h 18min
Drama, History
17 Sep 2009 (China)
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Inspired by true events, Founding of a Republic weaves a rousing tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country.

Directors:

Sanping Han, Jianxin Huang

Writers:

Baoguang Chen, Xingdong Wang

Stars:

Awards:

15 wins & 7 nominations.
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Cast

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	Guoqiang Tang	...	Mao Zedong
	Guoli Zhang	...	Chiang Kai-shek
	Qing Xu	...	Soong Ching-ling
	Jin Liu	...	Zhou Enlai
	Kun Chen	...	Chiang Ching-kuo
	Wufu Wang	...	Zhu De
	Xueqi Wang	...	Li Zongren
	Sha Liu	...	Liu Shaoqi
	Vivian Wu	...	Soong May-ling
	Wei Zhao	...	Member of CPPCC
	Zongdi Xiu	...	Fu Zuoyi
	Donnie Yen	...	Tian Han
	Yiwei Liu	...	Li Huang
	Jun Hu	...	Gu Zhutong
	Xing Sun	...	Du Yuming
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Yang Ao	...	Nie Rongzhen
	Yanjun Bi	...	Luo Longji
	Kefan Cao	...	Wu Guo-zhen
	Jackie Chan	...	Li Jishen's Interviewer
	Xiaotong Che	...	Liu Bocheng
	Yongli Che
	Baoguo Chen	...	Zhou Zhi-rou
	Daoming Chen	...	Yan Jinwen
	Hao Chen	...	Fu Dongju
	Hao Chen
	Hong Chen	...	Reporter
	Jianbin Chen
	Kaige Chen	...	Feng Yuxiang
	Shu Chen
	Stephen Chow
	Chao Deng	...	Xu Beihong
	Zhicheng Ding
	Chunhui Dong	...	Reporter
	Xuan Dong
	Wei Fan	...	Cook
	Gong Feng
	Xiaogang Feng	...	Du Yuesheng
	Yuanzheng Feng	...	Fu Jing-bo
	Cunzhuang Ge
	You Ge	...	PLA commander
	Beibi Gong
	Mark Griffiths	...	Chiang Kai-shek (voice)
	Wei Gu	...	Chen Yi
	Degang Guo	...	Photographer
	Jiandong Guo
	Xiaodong Guo
	Lin He
	Jose Maria Hinojosa Serrato	...	Reporter
	Yong Hou	...	Chen Geng (scenesDeleted)
	Shengyi Huang
	Wei Huang	...	Deng Ying-chao
	Xiaoming Huang	...	Li Yinqiao
	Wen Jiang	...	Mao Renfeng
	Xin Jin	...	Li Ji-chen
	Leon Lai	...	Cai Tingkai
	Andy Lau	...	Yu Jishi
	Tony Ka Fai Leung
	Bin Li
	Jet Li	...	Chen Shaokuan
	Qiang Li	...	Chen Cheng
	Youbin Li
	Dong Fu Lin
	Teddy Lin
	Hua Liu
	Ye Liu	...	Red Army man
	Yue Ma	...	Yan Changlin
	Chloe Maayan
	Pu Miao
	Jing Ning
	Zhuang Jie Qiong	...	Reporter
	Ao-Jun Shen	...	Cultural circles delegate (as Echo Shen)
	Xin Shi	...	Deng Xiaoping
	Honglei Sun
	Jitang Sun	...	Luo Ronghuan
	Zeru Tao	...	Kuomingtang member
	Dawei Tong	...	Kong Ling-kan
	Baoqiang Wang	...	PLA man
	Bing Wang	...	Zhang Lan
	Di Wang	...	Woman soldier
	Fuli Wang
	Jian Wang	...	Ren Bishi
	Jun Wang	...	Xun Xiangqian
	Shengli Wang
	Xuebing Wang	...	PLA staff officer
	Yajie Wang
	John Woo	...	Liu Wenhui (scenesDeleted)
	Gang Wu	...	Wen Yiduo
	Gang Xia
	Gang Xie
	Roman Xing	...	Xue Sheng
	Fan Xu	...	Soong Ai-ling
	Huanshan Xu
	Heping Yang
	Qi Yang	...	Woman soldier
	Ruoxi Yang
	Xiaodan Yang
	Jin Ye	...	Ye Jianying
	Xiaokeng Ye
	Da Ying
	Liping You	...	Lin Biao
	Yong You	...	Bai Chong-xi
	Hanyu Zhang
	Jianya Zhang
	Qiufang Zhang
	Ziyi Zhang	...	Gong Peng
	Baole Zhao
	Ningyu Zhao	...	Liu Yalou
	Yong Zhao	...	He Long
	Xinghuo Zhong	...	Huang Shao
	Liqun Zong	...	Peng Dehuai

Directed by

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Sanping Han
Jianxin Huang

Written by

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Baoguang Chen	...	(writer)

Xingdong Wang	...	(writer)

Produced by

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Jeffrey Chan	...	executive producer
Chengsheng Gao	...	producer
Sanping Han	...	producer
Xiaoli Han	...	executive producer
Jianxin Huang	...	producer
Tao Jiang	...	executive producer
Albert Lee	...	executive producer
Chunliang Li	...	associate producer
Dehong Liu	...	producer
Guoqiang Lu	...	producer
Hongshi Lu	...	executive producer
Zhonglun Ren	...	producer
Dongming Shi	...	associate producer
Tianyun Wang	...	executive producer
Zhebin Wang	...	associate producer
Xiaoming Yan	...	producer
Shoucheng Yang	...	producer
Albert Yeung	...	producer
Dong Yu	...	producer
Guoli Zhang	...	producer
Heping Zhang	...	consulting producer (as He Ping Zhang)
Baogang Zhao	...	associate producer
Haicheng Zhao	...	co-producer
Cheng Zhuang	...	executive producer

Music by

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Nan Shu

Cinematography by

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Xiaoshi Zhao

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director of photography

Editing by

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Derek Hui

Art Direction by

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Jing Zhao

Costume Design by

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Kui Zhao

Makeup Department

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Xiaolan Guo	...	makeup artist
Xizhong Wang	...	key makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Xiaokui Cai	...	assistant director
Peter Ho-Sun Chan	...	executive director
Kaige Chen	...	executive director
Zhe Dong	...	assistant director
Jun Du	...	executive director
Xiaogang Feng	...	executive director
Jiandong Guo	...	assistant director
Di Huang	...	assistant director
Wen Jiang	...	assistant director
Yiwei Liu	...	assistant director
Guoqiang Tang	...	assistant director
Xiaodan Yang	...	assistant director
Guoli Zhang	...	assistant director

Sound Department

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Danrong Wang	...	sound
Gang Wang	...	sound
Ling Wu	...	post production supervisor

Visual Effects by

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Chao Jiang	...	compositor
Liwen Liu	...	digital compositor: China Film Group

Camera and Electrical Department

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Lihong Wang

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gaffer

Additional Crew

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Hong Jiang	...	planner
Baohua Ma	...	planner
Ryan Wong	...	assistant: Jet Li

Thanks

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Ning Hao	...	special thanks (as Hao Ning)
Qun He	...	special thanks
Yong Hou	...	special thanks
Chuan Lu	...	special thanks
Xuechang Lu	...	special thanks
John Woo	...	special thanks

Production Companies

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Distributors

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Beijing Poly-bona Film Publishing Company (2009) (China) (theatrical)
China Film Group Corporation (CFGC) (2009) (China) (theatrical)
Universe Films Distribution Company (2009) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)

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Storyline

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Plot Keywords	communist-party-of-china reference-to-joseph-stalin mao-zedong-character chiang-kai-shek-character socialism See All (62) »
Genres	Drama History War
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Australia:M Hong Kong:IIA Singapore:PG

Additional Details

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Also Known As	Jian Guo Da Ye (China, Mandarin title) 建国大业 (China, Mandarin title) Jian Guo Da Ye (South Africa, English title) The Founding of a Republic (World-wide, English title) The Founding of a Republic (United States) See more »
Runtime	138 min
Country	China
Language	Mandarin English
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Dolby Digital
Filming Locations	Tianjin, China See more »

Did You Know?

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Trivia

This movie was made to coincide with the 60th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party founding of China. This movie boasts the most number of China's movie stars in one movie. Many of the top stars were invited to star as leads, supporting characters, or just cameo in the movie, reportedly including some of the top Chinese stars like Jackie Chan and Jet Li, who only have one shot or one line in the movie. See more »

Quotes

Li Ji-chen: I heard you intend to resign. Even if you were to resign, at least wait till after the capitulation ceremony in Nanjing. You helped defeat the Japanese. The ceremony can't do without a national hero like you.
Chen Shaokuan: If I don't resign, very soon I'll be blamed for the civil war. We fought against the country's enemy for 8 years. We've struggled, we've fought all, nothing more need be said. And now that we've won, we're still warring. Against whom ? Chinese people fighting Chinese people... this kind of job, I do not want.
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