''The Xi'an Incident'' ( zh, s=西安事变, t=西安事變, p=Xī'ān Shìbiàn) is a 1981 Chinese historical drama film directed by Cheng Yin (), starring Jin Ange, Wang Tiecheng and Sun Feihu. It was produced by the Xi’an Film Studio () and seeks to be a historically accurate representation of the 1936 Xi'an Incident. The film was critically acclaimed and won three awards at the 2nd Golden Rooster Awards: Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Sun Feihu for his portrayal of Chiang Kai-shek) and Best Make-up.

Plot

Marshal Zhang Xueliang, Commander of the North Eastern Army, grows progressively disillusioned by

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...

leader Chiang Kai-shek's policy to engage the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

(CCP) rather than fight the Japanese invaders which are occupying

Manchuria Manchuria is a historical region in northeast Asia encompassing the entirety of present-day northeast China and parts of the modern-day Russian Far East south of the Uda (Khabarovsk Krai), Uda River and the Tukuringra-Dzhagdy Ranges. The exact ...

. Despite numerous pleas, Chiang does not budge. After discussing with fellow general Yang Hucheng, the two take events into their own hands and place Chiang Kai-shek under arrest on December 12, 1936, forcing Chiang into a coalition with the CCP.

Cast

* Jin Ange - Zhang Xueliang * Wang Tiecheng -

Zhou Enlai Zhou Enlai ( zh, s=周恩来, p=Zhōu Ēnlái, w=Chou1 Ên1-lai2; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman, diplomat, and revolutionary who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China from September 1954 unti ...

* Sun Feihu - Chiang Kai-shek * Xin Jing - Yang Hucheng * Gu Yue -

Mao Zedong Mao Zedong pronounced ; traditionally Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Mao Tse-tung. (26December 18939September 1976) was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and political theorist who founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) in ...

Box office

In terms of box office admissions, it was among the highest-grossing films in China, with tickets sold by 1985.

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1981 films 1980s Mandarin-language films Chinese historical films Chinese war films Second Sino-Japanese War films 1980s historical films Films set in the 1930s Films set in China Films shot in China Cultural depictions of Chiang Kai-shek Cultural depictions of Mao Zedong Cultural depictions of Zhou Enlai 1980s war films {{historic-film-stub