The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 83% of the 7,025 2010s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
In Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, a school teacher and her would-be-fiancé link up with Chinese guerrilla fighters, forging their own path to freedom.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic82/100
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
37 audience votes
Key crew
- Ann HuiDirector
- Ho Kei-pingScreenplay
- Joe HisaishiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Zhou XunFang Lan / Fang Gu
- Eddie Peng Yu-YanLiu Heizai / Blackie Lau
- Wallace HuoLi Jinrong / Wing
- Deanie IpMrs. Fong
- Tony Leung Ka-faiBen
- Ivana Wong Yuen-ChiComrade Four
- Masatoshi NagaseColonel Yamaguchi
- Nina Paw Hei-ChingFong's Aunt
- Jessie LiCheung Wing Yin
- Guo TaoMao Dun
- Huang ZhizhongZou Taofen
- Jiang WenliMrs. Shen
