The Big Road
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Duration Language Mandarin Chinese | 7.2/10 IMDb Director Sun Yu Country China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Big Road (Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as The Highway, is a 1934 Chinese film directed by Sun Yu and starring Jin Yan and Li Lili. It is a silent film but with music and sound effects added post-production. The film deals with a group of workers who are constructing a highway for use in the war against the Japanese.
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The Big Road features the brief full-frontal nudity of a group of young men skinny-dipping in a river, while being observed by two women, a scene described as "very advanced for the time".
The Big Road was named the 30th greatest Chinese film ever made by the Hong Kong Film Awards in 2004.
Six young men from the city take jobs building roads for the Chinese Army
Plot
Six cheerful young men work hard during the Second Sino-Japanese War constructing a highway which will enable the Chinese army to send men and logistics to the frontline against the Japanese. Deputy Hu, a hanjian, initially tries to bribe them, but later locks them up in a cell when they refuse to halt the construction and flee. Two girls from a local eating house who befriend them manages to rescue them, but one of the six men died in the process. The workers finish the highway on time, but end up sacrificing their lives after being gunned down by Japanese fighter jets once their work is completed.
DVD release
The Big Road was released in the United States on Region 0 DVD on May 8, 2007 by Cinema Epoch. The disc featured English subtitles and also included Sun Yus Queen of Sports.
References
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