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Browse 131 movies from August 1st Film Studio
Mar 2015
The Founding of an Army is a 2017 Chinese film commissioned by China's government to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
Aug 2017
A group of performing art troupe members each face their own trials and tribulations in Chengdu; from escaping a family scandal to dealing with unrequited love, each experiences rejection that shapes their lives.
Dec 2017
Sep 2015
Jan 1996
First part of the Decisive Engagement trilogy. Directed by Pingfen Li et al.
Jan 1991
Set during the final phase of the War to Resist U.S. and Aid Korea, the film depicts the tense final battles and simultaneous peace negotiations leading to the armistice, capturing the spirit of perseverance and sacrifice on both the battlefield and the diplomatic front.
Sep 2025
First part of the two series about Senior General Gen Chen of the People's Liberation Army
Jan 1984
Pan Yun, director of the Fushun War Criminal Management Centre, discovers that his adopted daughter is the child of a war criminal. Although he raised her for many years, he entrusts a friend to reunite her with her birth mother.
Jan 1983
Winner of the Golden Rooster for Best Film in 1992
Aug 1991
Jan 1982
Jun 1988
On a summer night in 1975, a military train sped through the north-east of the country.
Apr 1978
Based on Zhou Keqin's excellent novel, Xu Mao and His Daughters weaves a story about the life and sufferings of Xu Mao, an aging peasant and his four daughters in the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. They struggle to make ends meet since his wife's death. Preoccupied with worries, he loses touch with his maturing daughters. It takes the stubborn but kindly intervention of a woman making a governmental inspection tour to cause father and daughters to appreciate their loving family.
Aug 1981
Early life of Senior General Geng Chen of the People's Liberation Army
Jan 1992
Set in the liberation war of Hainan Island, PLA learn to sail boats and blow up enemy's warship in an encounter action.
Oct 1963
May 1980
Canadian surgeon Norman Bethune assists the Communists during the anti-Japanese struggle.
Sep 1965
The Red Army and Nationalist forces battle over the Chishui River in 1935.