''Ordinary Hero'' () is a 2022 Chinese

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by and starring

Li Bingbing Li Bingbing (; born 27 February 1973) is a Chinese actress and singer who rose to fame with her role in '' Seventeen Years'' (1999) and since then received critical acclaim for her roles in ''A World Without Thieves'' (2004), '' Waiting Alone'' (2 ...

and

Feng Shaofeng Feng Shaofeng (, born October 7, 1978), also known as William Feng, is a Chinese actor. Feng rose to fame with the hit time travel series ''Palace'' (2011). He was ranked 33rd on 2012's Forbes China Celebrity 100 list. He won the Hundred Flowers Aw ...

. Based on the true story of the rescue of a Uygur boy with a broken arm from

Hotan Hotan (also known as Gosthana, Gaustana, Godana, Godaniya, Khotan, Hetian, Hotien) is a major oasis town in southwestern Xinjiang, an autonomous region in Western China. The city proper of Hotan broke off from the larger Hotan County to become ...

Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...

, the film follows the story of a 7-year-old Uygur boy who broke his arm accidentally and completed emergency treatment across 1400 kilometers in eight golden hours. The film was theatrically released on 30 September 2022.

Cast

Main

as Zhou Yan *

as Lin Li

Supporting

Lin Yongjian Lin Yongjian (, born 14 February 1970) is a Chinese actor. Lin, Yongjian graduated from PRC Academy of Drama in 1990, has been a successful stage actor at Guangzhou Soldiers' Drama Troupe after graduation. He has been starring in more than 50 ...

as Tang Wei *

Huang Xiaoming Huang Xiaoming or Mark Huang (, born 13 November 1977) is a Chinese actor, singer, and model. He graduated from the Performance Institute of the Beijing Film Academy in 2000. Huang first rose to prominence in 2001 for playing Emperor Wu of Han in ...

Xie Huiyang *

Zhang Yishan Zhang Yishan (, born 5 May 1992) is a prominent Chinese actor and former child star. Zhang is noted for his roles as Liu Xing in the family sitcom ''Home with Kids'' (2004), and as the protagonist in the crime thriller '' Yu Zui'' (2016). Early ...

as Liu Rui *Parman Parlehati as Mardan *Ai'erfan Aizezi as Abdul *Aziguri Rexiti as Mardan's mother *Zhou Yiran as Yu Li * Gulnazar as Ainur *

Ma Tianyu Ma Tianyu (; born 12 July 1986), also known as Ray Ma, is a Chinese Mandopop singer and actor of Hui ethnicity. He graduated from the Beijing Film Academy. Career 2006–2008: Debut as a singer In 2006, Ma Tianyu entered the ''My Hero'' compe ...

as Song Hui *

Du Chun Du Chun (, born 22 May 1983) is a Chinese actor. Early life Du Chun was born in Hebei, China. His parents are also in the performing business. His father, Du Zhiguo is also an actor, and his mother, Yang Li, is a dancer and dancing instructor. ...

as Chen Liang * Huang Yi as Zhang Rongqin *Niccati Tolson as Akbar *Wang Zixuan as Xia Yan *Zeng Yue as Zhang Muyun * Hankiz Omar *Gulidiar Anaiti *Ayireti Yumaier *Barkley *Hu Bingqing *Na Zhidong *Xi Yuli *Sun Xilun *Zhu Yin *Wu Haochen *Zhang Jing *Juyati Yusuf *Ekremu Ashhar *Guo Jinglin *Bairna Parjehati *Shi Haozheng *Zhang Zixian *Liu Jun *Wang Ting *Guo Jiahao *Jia Qing

Soundtrack

Production

Production started in Urumqi on 15 September 2021 and ended in

Qingdao Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...

at the end of October.

Release

''Ordinary Hero'' was released on 30 September 2022, in China.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ordinary Hero 2022 films 2020s Mandarin-language films Uyghur-language films Chinese drama films Films shot in Xinjiang Films set in Xinjiang Films shot in Shandong Films set in Shandong 2022 drama films 2022 multilingual films Chinese multilingual films