Back to 1942

Directed byFeng XiaogangWritten byLiu ZhenyunProduced byStarringZhang Guoli
Chen Daoming
Li Xuejian
Zhang Hanyu
Fan Wei
Feng Yuanzheng
Xu Fan
Adrien Brody
Tim RobbinsCinematographyLü YueEdited byXiao YangMusic byZhao Jiping146 minutesCountryChinaLanguagesMandarin
English
JapaneseBudget¥210 millionBox office¥364 million

Back to 1942 is a 2012 Chinese historical drama film directed by Feng Xiaogang. It is based on Liu Zhenyun's novel Remembering 1942, and is about a major famine in Henan, China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. On 11 November 2012, the film premiered at the International Rome Film Festival. The film was selected as the Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.