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Zhi yin

Zhi yin

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1981

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

知音

Production Companies

Beijing Film Studio

Director

Xie Tieli

Description

Set in early 20th century. Yuan Shih-kai is forced by Japan to sign on the twenty-one demands and transfers the possession of Shandong province to Japan from German. General Cai of Yunnan province decides to uprise and lead a punitive expedition against Yuan. A famous courtesan Xiao Feng Xian admires Cai's prestige and is arrested for covering Cai before uprising.