Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy (1970) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Release, runtime and language

1970 · 129 mins · Chinese

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Directed by

Xie Tieli

Starring

Zhang Youfu, Shen Jinbo, Shi Zhenquan, Tong Xiangling, Qi Shufang, Wang Mengyun

The film, the first official “model” production of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966‑1976), adapts a 1950s novel that was originally staged as a revolutionary opera. Set in 1946 during the civil war, it follows a People’s Liberation Army detachment in Manchuria as they hunt a gang of bandits concealed in the mountains. Directed by Xie Tieli, the drama blends revolutionary themes with a gritty wartime narrative.