

Currently followed by iconic director Zhang Yimou’s Full River Red and the sci-fi epic The Wandering Earth II, Hidden Blade, which will open domestically on Jan 22, has raked in around 68 million yuan ($10.02 million) from the presale tickets, according to the live tracker Beacon.
The film held a promotional event in a downtown Beijing cinema on Tuesday, gathering all the major cast stars, with some attending via online video talks.
Interweaving suspense, the tale centers on a group of underground workers in Shanghai who risked their lives to send intelligence and defend the motherland during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1931-45).
Director Cheng Er revealed that the movie’s script has been revised many times, even during shooting, and thus interestingly gave him the inspiration to create a new character, played by actor Huang Lei.
Cheng also revealed that most of the details in the movie, varying from a tie to the dishes set on a dinner table, could be important clues that will reveal the authentic identities of all the “mysterious and complex” roles in the movie.
Source: By Xu Fan | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2023-01-18 14:59