Bloody Hu Long Tou (2026) Movie Script
[April 12, 1927]
[Chiang Kai-shek launched
412 anti-revolution in Shanghai.]
[He slaughtered Communist Party members
and revolutionaries.]
[The first collaboration between
Koumintang and the CPC broke down.]
[Bloody Hu Long Tou]
Facing the bloody massacre
of the Kuomintang reactionaries,
the CPC Central Committee ordered us
to organize a riot
in the countryside.
[Tingpang]
And seize political power by armed force.
[Ticket Hall]
Thank you.
Cigarettes.
Sir, do you want cigarettes?
No.
[Ticket Hall]
Take care.
Don't worry. I'm going home.
You should be more careful.
Okay, don't worry.
Say hello to Bao Ding for me.
Got it.
Bye.
[Farmer Association of Bao Village]
The Farmer Association of Bao Village
is established!
Bravo!
Bravo!
Bravo!
Bravo!
Let's learn the Workers' and Peasants'
Revolutionary Song.
I'll sing line by line.
Follow me.
Okay?
Okay.
Lower the salt price! Raise the salary!
Lower the salt price! Raise the salary!
- Lower the salt price! Raise the salary!
- How can they make a living.
- Lower the salt price! Raise the salary!
- If you do this?
Lower the salt price! Raise the salary!
Lower the salt price! Raise the salary!
Lower the salt price!
Release them!
[Mei's Mansion]
Release them!
Release them!
Release them!
What are you doing?
You want to shoot?
Kill me first.
Stop!
Bao.
I want to meet with your Master.
This way, please.
You embezzled the fields
and beat the villagers.
I advise you to stop as soon as possible.
Ridiculous!
You know I have guns, right?
Of course, you can kill me.
But can you kill all the people outside?
If you dare kill me,
they'll dare destroy the Mei family.
Those peasants outside
want to be on the same level as us?
Peasants?
Don't forget
your rich life came from
the hard work
of those "peasants"!
I'm just asking you to spit out
what you swallowed too much of
and give it back to them.
What if I don't?
Mr. Mei,
go out and check it yourself.
You've already made a scene today.
Do you think several guns
can protect you?
[Mei]
Hurry up!
Hurry!
- Mr. Ren!
- Knock!
Mr. Ren!
Mr. Ren!
Mr. Mei!
What brings you here so late at night?
Something serious happened.
Something serious happened.
Hurry up!
[Mei]
Hurry up!
Bad news!
In-law! In-law!
Bad news!
Brother, you must help me this time.
Bro, I'm sure that Bao Ding
is a CPC member.
He assembled the crowd
to attack my house.
What does Bao Ding want to do?
He wants to attack the government.
He's going against Commander Chiang.
Bro, please file a complaint
and ask the army to suppress the bandits.
Bro, hurry up!
Bring me the brush and ink.
Hurry up.
[Bao Ding and other CPC
members gathered scoundrels, ]
[smuggling guns
and oppressing local authorities.]
Chief Commander.
Chief Commander. Commissioner.
Mei Nanxi and Ren Shoumo
are fighting against our men.
Don't panic.
[Honor the Ancestors]
What happened?
There is a Grain Price Setting Meeting
in the village.
Mei Nanxi and Ren Shoumo refused to
accept the price discussed.
So they fought against our men.
The rich are too domineering.
[Honor the Ancestors]
Go!
The Peasants' Army is coming!
Hang on!
Hang on!
I paid you a lot.
The money you offered is not enough
for us to risk our lives for you.
No way!
Let's go.
I know these bastards are unreliable.
Hit!
Master, what should we do?
Hurry up! Leave here.
Hurry up!
Hurry up!
Hurry!
Charge!
Search!
Search carefully!
You guys search over there. Hurry.
This way! Hurry!
Don't let him escape.
Search carefully.
Don't let Mei Nanxi escape.
Mr. Bao.
Mr. Bao.
We haven't found Yama Mei.
What about you?
No.
What about you?
No.
Yama Mei escaped quickly.
Did he go to the Ren family?
Yes.
Ren Shoumo is Mei Nanxi's in-law.
He must have gone to the Ren family.
We can't spare Yama Mei.
In my opinion, we might as well
destroy the Ren family.
Yes.
Confiscate his family property!
- Let's go to the Ren family.
- Yes.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Crazy.
Bao Ding must be crazy.
Bro.
Bao Ding is crazy.
Mr. Mei, why are you panicking?
How could you be frightened by Bao Ding?
The Ren family is powerful.
If he dares come,
I'll kill him.
Cheer up tonight.
Show us your power.
Whoever kills those CPC bandits
will be heavily rewarded!
Yes.
Get ready.
Hurry up!
[Ren's Mansion]
Bro, why does he have so many people?
Shoot!
Fire!
Take cover.
Ren Fan!
Fire suppression!
Okay.
Shoot them!
Xinzhao!
Shoot them!
Shoot them!
Watch out!
Chen Xinzhao!
Get ready to attack!
Yes!
[Ren's Mansion]
Bro, he's crazy.
Shoot them!
Xinzhao!
Mr. Hu.
Mr. Bao.
I listened to President Mei
to join your army.
Bao.
Be careful.
Go!
Break the door!
I'll teach you a lesson!
Go! Hurry!
Bro.
Hu is
hard to deal with.
Bro, let's retreat.
Bro, hurry!
Hurry up.
One, two, three.
One, two, three.
One, two, three.
Close the door.
Let's go.
Did you not eat?
The door must be blocked.
Here I go!
Cover!
Charge!
Go!
Master! Master!
What's up, Master?
Master!
Master!
Master!
Master!
Master, how is it?
Master!
Master! Master!
They're coming in!
What should we do?
- What are you panicking about?
- What should we do, Master?
Leave the heavy lifting to the big guys.
Useless!
Stop arguing!
Get lost!
Give me the ax.
One, two, three!
Get out of the way!
Bro!
I can't hold it any longer.
Bro, I'm leaving.
Go! Go!
Hurry!
Hurry up! Search!
Catch Mei Nanxi and Ren Shoumo alive!
Search thoroughly!
Over there.
Get him! Get him!
Search carefully.
How is it?
We searched the backyard
but didn't find Ren Shoumo and Mei Nanxi.
We also searched inside.
No.
Bao.
Bao. Hu.
Your men are robbing.
They rob everything they see.
Hu, we are doing revolution,
not robbery.
We beat up the rich
just to get some money, right?
Yeah.
We fight against the rich
to share the land and money
with the people of hard work.
You can't just run away.
I know.
Erhu.
Go. Get them back.
Let's go, Ren Fan.
Let's go.
Bao, we're here.
Thank you, Bao.
Defeating the Ren family
will shock the other rich.
We must seize the chance
and expand the outcome.
We'll march to Tingpang
and eliminate all the evil landlords.
Bravo.
Let's go.
Go!
Down with the evil landlords!
[Tingpang]
Down with Chiang Kai-shek!
Carry out the earth revolution!
Confiscate the assets of reactionaries!
Down with the evil landlords!
Down with Chiang Kai-shek!
Carry out the earth revolution!
Confiscate the assets of reactionaries!
Down with the evil landlords!
Down with Chiang Kai-shek!
Carry out the earth revolution!
Confiscate the assets of reactionaries!
Down with the evil landlords!
The enemies are all scared away.
We've taken over Tingpang.
Great!
This is the power of the people!
We won!
We won!
Xueping.
Ping.
The new era has come.
I hereby announce
from now on, we'll disband
all authorities of Kuomintang in Tingpang,
confiscate the land of landlords,
and open the granary to give out food.
Guys,
[Title deed]
From now on,
we'll wipe out the land rent,
the house rent and the IOUs.
Come on!
Come in, everyone.
Hurry.
So much rice.
We haven't seen so much rice
for a long time.
Mr. Bao.
What are you waiting for?
Take the grain.
Take the grain.
Thank you.
Fenghua, Commander Chiang's hometown,
Fenghua,
is only a hundred miles away
from Tingpang.
If we can't quickly eliminate the rebels,
the provincial governor He Yingqin
will be humiliated.
Our department is ready for battle.
We can rush to Tingpang at any time.
This is the information
of Bao Ding and other the rebels.
[Analysis of CPC Members,
Name: Bao Ding]
I hope you can advance bravely
and eliminate the rebels
as soon as possible.
Yes.
Pull yourselves together.
It's time to make contributions.
Hurry up.
[Tingpang]
A small petrel.
- Do you like it?
- Yes.
And your favorite mung bean cake.
Share it with your friends.
Come in and wipe your face.
This is for you.
Do you like it?
Yes.
I heard that many people
were killed outside.
I was freaked out.
Fortunately, the ancestors blessed you.
I'm fine.
Don't worry.
Ping, let's fly a kite.
Dad, give me back my kite!
Slow down, you two.
It's flying.
Step back.
This way.
What's there to discuss?
Just fight against them.
Are you sure it's Zheng Junyan's team
from Haiyou?
Yes. They have many people.
Perfect timing.
I'm going to teach them a lesson.
The warriors are exhausted.
Our weapons are not suitable
to fight head-on.
That's right. We need to avoid
their sharp edge.
What do you think we should do?
[Bao Village] [Tingpang] [Hu Long Tou]
Hu Long Tou.
The terrain of Hu Long Tou is dangerous.
Ren Fan, you and Hu lead a team
to set an ambush here.
- Yes.
- Yes.
Shide,
you and Liangfang
to retreat to Tiantai of Linhai.
I suggest
those who are not exposed or armed,
or with weak combat effectiveness,
dispersing and hiding.
Jiancong,
Liangfang and Xinzhao lead
others to withdraw.
Bao and I will stay and cover the rear.
I agree.
No.
I'll stay too.
Follow my order.
Time is running out.
Let's split up as planned.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
- Yes.
- Yes.
- Take care.
- Take care.
Take care.
Hurry up, everyone.
Retreat! Retreat!
They are right ahead. Chase them!
Smash them!
Attention!
Hurry! Hide!
Attack!
Guys, rush in!
Kill them all.
Hu.
It's important to meet up
with the troop now.
Yes, comrades.
Retreat.
Hurry!
Hurry!
Guys, retreat!
- Retreat!
- Hurry up!
Go!
Retreat!
Sir, we were ambushed.
Savage!
You were eager for quick success.
That's why we lost many soldiers.
I'm sorry, sir.
Leave this to me.
Take some men to search the village.
Yes. Let's go.
Aim at the foot of the mountain.
Get ready to fire.
Yes.
Bao.
There's enemies over there!
We're surrounded.
Erhu, Erhu.
Charge!
Bao Ding!
Are you okay?
Take care of my brother.
I'll cover you.
No, I'll stay.
What's the use of staying here?
You would distract me.
Take care of him.
- Let's go together.
- Go.
Go!
Kill them all!
Charge!
Mother.
Search!
- Yes.
- Yes.
What are you doing?
Tell me.
Where is your dad?
Sir, he's not here.
- Take him away.
- Yes.
Let's go.
Mother, don't leave me.
Ping! Ping!
Ping!
Let him go!
Let him go!
Ping!
Go!
Take them together.
- Ping!
- Go!
Ping, don't be afraid.
Stop!
Bao Benzheng!
Are you interfering with police business?
I don't mind you arresting Bao Ding
if he commits a crime.
But his wife and kid are innocent.
Ridiculous!
Bao Ding is plotting rebellion.
Are you telling me you didn't know?
He has been bewitched by the CPC
and has broken off with our family.
Catch him if you can.
Don't hurt women and children.
Let's see who dares to stop me today.
Dad, why are you here?
Bastard!
Put down your guns.
How dare you disrespect the officer?
Sir, keep it.
Sir.
It's a shame for our family
to have produced a traitor like Bao Ding.
Please do me a favor
and let me
watch and educate the two.
For your sake,
I'll let it go for now.
But you must report it
if Bao Ding comes back.
Don't cover up for him.
Yes. Yes.
Let's go.
Guangbin.
Beat him!
Charge!
Report!
Bao Ding's body is not found.
He can't go far.
After him!
Yes.
Hurry up!
They're going up!
The one who can kill Bao Ding
will be promoted two ranks
with fifty silver dollars in reward.
Go!
Hurry!
Hurry!
Be careful.
Hurry!
Hurry!
Go!
- Erhu.
- Are you alright?
Commander.
Leave with Commissioner.
Leave me alone.
Erhu!
Go!
Erhu!
Go!
Go!
Chase them!
Hurry!
Go!
What should we do?
- Jump!
- Jump!
Give me the gun.
Hu.
Hu.
Say something!
Hu.
Xueping.
I made you a pair of shoes.
I don't know if they fit.
For me?
It fits. It's great.
I have something for you.
Do you like it?
- Let me put it on for you.
- Okay.
So beautiful.
I'll marry you
if you go down the mountain.
Aren't you afraid
that I'll ask my men to tie you up?
Xueping.
Xueping.
Shide,
take a rest.
I'll keep watch.
No need.
Go ahead.
Take it. Go to sleep.
It's all my fault.
I acted rashly
and implicated everyone.
Righteousness is inevitable.
No.
Maybe this won't happen
if we wait a little longer.
Wait?
How long can we wait?
I just didn't expect
the Kuomintang is so powerful.
We'll have to take our time
and consider this carefully.
Take our time and consider it carefully.
Shide,
difficulty is temporary.
We will finally make a success.
Success?
I'm looking forward to success every day.
We will success!
We will!
It'll be dawn eventually.
[Good weather]
[Tingpang]
Mr. Lu is back in triumph.
We have a gift for you.
Please accept it.
Please accept it.
You're welcome.
Mr. Lu.
Mr. Lu, please forgive me
for being late.
I'll kill you!
Mr. Lu, you...
Now you know to stop her?
What did you do before?
I...
Bao Benzheng.
You condoned your brother's rebellion.
How should you be punished?
Mr. Lu.
I'm innocent.
That day,
He even gave out our land and food.
You mean, I wronged you?
Slap him.
Yes.
Watch out, Shide.
Watch out!
Watch out!
Bao Ding.
I have to report the riot at Tingpang
as soon as possible.
Let's say goodbye.
But your leg is injured.
I'm fine.
Move to Tiantai as soon as possible
and meet with Liangfang.
Okay.
Shide,
I don't know
when we'll meet again.
Take care.
Bao.
Stay alive.
Live.
[Spring, 1929, Tiantai County]
Time flies.
Yeah, half a year has passed.
We started a fight of grain price setting
and pawn redemption in Tiantai,
and destroyed the Minister of Organization
of Kuomintang.
But five comrades sacrificed.
I will go to Hangzhou with Xinzhao
to report to the Provincial Commission.
You'd be careful in Tiantai.
Don't worry. You need to be more careful.
When you see Shide,
say hello to him for me.
I will tell him
your greetings.
Got it.
Sir,
Your wine is here.
Sir, what would you like?
A plate of peanuts and a plate of beans.
Half a kilo of aged wine
and half a kilo of strong liquor.
After getting old,
people will have so many illnesses.
Sir, we've been walking all the way
and are thirsty.
Bring us a pot of tea.
Serve the tea.
Okay.
- The rickshaw. Turn around.
- Go away!
Don't move!
Don't move!
[Zhejiang Army Prison]
[Admit your crime and be executed]
A flesh and blood can't bear it.
If you told me earlier,
you don't have to suffer.
And I don't have to trouble myself.
I don't know.
You don't know?
Don't know?
You don't know?
You don't know?
You don't know?
You don't know?
Tell me.
Say it!
Tell me.
Where is the den of the rebels
in Tiantai County?
Speak!
What did you say?
Louder.
What? Say it.
Keep dreaming.
Still won't talk?
What a tough bastard.
We've interrogated him this long,
and got nothing useful.
[Zhejiang Army Prison]
Brought you some company.
What did this guy do?
No idea.
Heard he's a Red too.
Shide?
Shide.
Why are you here?
Bao.
Are you all right?
I'm fine.
Bao.
My cover hasn't been blown yet.
Pretend you don't know me.
How did you end up here?
Something happened at the liaison station.
Same here.
How is Liangfang?
Liangfang is fine.
She misses you.
She asked me to send her regards.
Bao.
We have to get the message out
as soon as possible.
But all the routes are cut off now.
How are we
supposed to find her?
Fuyuan Rice Shop.
The code:
No white rice.
[Zhejiang Army Prison]
Take him away.
Move.
Where are you taking him?
Where are you taking him?
Where?
You've been there so many times.
You still don't know?
Bro.
I will get out.
Bro.
Take care!
We're here. Watch your step.
Thank you.
Gather everyone at once.
No mistakes.
Dad always favors you.
He insisted I come save you.
Save me?
It won't be that easy.
Write a confession,
and if the family pays some money,
maybe they'll let you out.
Brother.
I won't write a confession.
Tell Dad not to waste money on me.
That good friend of yours, the one
from out of town who joined the uprising,
has already surrendered
to the Nationalist Army.
And here you are, still being stubborn.
You mean Shi...
Brother.
I know you're trying to save me,
but you don't have to lie to me.
Lie to you?
I just saw him at the gate.
What did you say?
Impossible.
Absolutely impossible.
He...
He was still here yesterday.
Then where is he now?
Where is he?
- I will get out.
- Brother.
- I will get out.
- Bro.
Don't worry. Don't worry!
Go!
Inside information.
Guan Shide has defected.
The liaison station is exposed.
Comrades, withdraw.
Search carefully.
Don't miss a single corner.
Sir, we found no clues.
When we came to scout yesterday,
this rice shop was already closed.
Sir.
I...
Impossible.
Absolutely impossible.
[Huayang Grocery]
Sir.
Bao Ding would never lie to me.
Are you sure?
I'm sure.
Of course I know
Bao Ding wouldn't lie to you.
Sir.
It wasn't me.
It wasn't me.
I serve the Party loyally now.
I have nothing to do
with them anymore, Sir.
Did I say it was you?
Find out as soon as possible
where the leak came from.
Yes, Sir.
Open the door.
Get out.
Why?
Why was there nobody
at the liaison station?
Why?
I'm asking you.
Why was it you?
I'm asking you!
Who would've thought
that after all your scheming,
you'd still come up empty-handed?
Bao Ding.
I suggest you tell us the truth.
As long as you talk,
I'll make sure you walk away unharmed.
Unharmed?
Right.
Like you?
A traitor.
A traitor despised by everyone!
- Shameless coward!
- Shut up!
Look.
Look.
You have no idea what I've been through.
Bao.
Back then,
when I was arrested,
I thought I'd die like a hero,
a glorious martyr.
Guess what happened next?
The King of Hell
wouldn't take me.
Wouldn't take me.
I survived.
I, Guan Shide, survived.
Bao.
The Guan Shide you once knew
is dead.
That's right.
He's dead.
But Bao,
you're still ali...
You're still alive.
We're both still alive, aren't we?
Open...
Open your eyes and look.
Look.
The Kuomintang is the future.
Communism will never succeed.
Evil
can never defeat justice.
Really?
Then who's the one tied up right now?
Success doesn't have
to come in my lifetime.
What success?
You have to stay alive to succeed.
Well said.
Being alive is what matters most.
Bring him in.
Xinzhao! Xinzhao!
Bao!
Long time no see.
Guan Shide.
So it was you.
You traitor!
How did I not realize
you were the traitor all along?
Pah!
Tie him up.
Guan Shide.
Bao Ding.
I know you're tough.
But I also know how much
you value brotherhood.
What are you going to do?
If you've got guts, come at me!
No!
How much he suffers
depends on you.
Still refusing to talk?
Bao!
You can't possibly
surrender to a despicable man
like him.
Still acting tough, huh?
You beast.
Stop!
Come on.
Warm your young master up a little.
Come on.
Bastard!
You bastard!
Xinzhao!
Xinzhao!
Let's see what's tougher,
your mouth or this brush.
Right now, I'll peel his skin off
layer by layer.
Stop!
Bao Ding.
Talk.
Just tell them.
Then he won't have to suffer.
I'll talk.
The liaison station is real.
Sir.
See? I told you he wasn't lying.
He would never lie to me.
That's our only liaison station.
If you didn't catch anyone,
there's only one possibility.
Guan Shide
is playing both sides.
Sir.
Sir, don't listen to his nonsense.
You dare talk nonsense?
You dare talk nonsense?
You dare talk nonsense?
Nonsense! Nonsense!
My brother committed a serious crime.
My father only wants to keep him alive.
Mr. Lu, I hope you can give him a chance.
He's a major offender.
There's little I can do.
These days the Communists
are stirring up trouble everywhere.
Many ordinary people have been misled.
My brother is highly respected locally.
Only if he truly repents
can the impact of the uprising be undone.
That would also benefit you, Sir.
If you can persuade
Bao Ding to write a confession,
I'll make sure he lives.
Bao, even now,
your family is still
running around for you,
spending a fortune to save your life.
Honestly, I really envy you.
Tell me.
If I had your luck,
back then,
maybe I wouldn't have
suffered so much, would I?
That's all in the past.
What are you up to?
Bao.
You really are blessed.
You don't have to confess anything.
Just write a confession letter
and you'll be free.
Why make things so hard on yourself?
Don't worry.
Once you're out, we'll still be brothers.
Get lost!
Yuhua and Ping are already on their way.
I don't think
you'd want them to see you like this.
Open the door!
We got word.
- How is it?
- Comrades.
There's news from the prison.
Noon. Twelve o'clock.
Hushan Restaurant.
- Hushan Restaurant?
- Hushan Restaurant?
Lu Zhenxiong has arranged
the meeting place
outside the prison?
Could this be a trap?
Yeah.
With Mrs. Bao and Ping involved,
just the few of us
probably won't be enough.
That's right.
Even if there's only a glimmer of hope,
we can never give up.
Let's go.
Okay.
- Dad, I missed you so much.
- Ping.
Ping.
I missed you too.
Mrs. Bao, come.
Have a seat.
Dad, what's this?
It's like the string on a kite.
Someone was afraid I'd fly away.
Don't say such unlucky things.
The hard times are almost over.
Come on.
Let's drink to
this wonderful day.
I'd like to speak with them alone.
Is that okay?
That might be...
Don't worry.
Our father already made it clear.
All right.
Mrs. Bao, talk some sense into him.
Bao.
Think about them.
Just look.
How wonderful.
You all talk.
Dad.
I'll feed you.
Is it good?
It's delicious.
Ping, have some too.
Ping.
When you grow up,
you must take good care of your mother.
Understand?
I understand.
Good boy.
Mom, what's wrong?
Your mom is just so happy to see me today.
Ding.
Could you please...
The fact that I can
see you both again today
leaves me with no regrets in this life.
You really...
Mom.
Why isn't Dad coming home with us?
Bao Ding.
Have you made up your mind?
Look at this sunlight.
Doesn't it remind you
of the day we first met in Shanghai?
Gentle and warm.
That was probably
the happiest time of my life.
Cooperation between the Nationalists
and Communists is the trend of the times.
Sounds nice enough.
Alliance with Soviet Russia,
cooperation with the Communists,
support for workers and peasants.
But who knows if they truly mean it?
Shanghai has been retaken, and
the Northern Expedition is unstoppable.
But whether this cooperation can continue
is deeply worrying.
[Nationalist-Communist Cooperation
During the Northern Expedition]
To save the nation
and ensure its survival,
we must stand united.
As intellectuals,
we must take on the responsibility
of awakening and organizing the people.
Only through our generation's
determination and hard work
can China rise again.
Well said!
Well said!
Well said!
Well said!
- Well said!
- Excellent speech!
Before you left,
you even gave me a poem.
You and I once sang side by side.
United in spirit
when our paths first crossed.
Tomorrow I ride alone upon a distant road.
My whip casts lonely shadows
in the fading dusk.
Back then,
my heart was full of uncertainty.
I had no idea where the road led.
You were the one who told me
that only communism
could give China a future.
But look at you now.
The man who led me into the revolution
has betrayed the revolution.
If you choose the wrong path,
then no matter how far you walk,
you're still wrong.
And you really think
the path you're on now
is the right one?
At least
you have to be alive
to talk about success.
But one day, you'll die too!
When you reach the underworld,
how will you face
the comrades who died
in the Tingpang Uprising?
Bao Ding.
You played me?
I won't make things difficult
for you today.
I'll write the confession.
The cars are here.
Okay.
Get out.
Go!
He's not here. Something's wrong.
Fall back.
- Retreat! Move!
- Retreat!
Move!
Move! Let's go!
Hurry up!
Fall back!
- Run!
- Mr. Bao!
Bao!
Forget about me!
Run!
Take him back.
Comrades, go!
So it was you.
Fall back!
Retreat! Watch out!
Retreat! Move!
After them!
[Tingpang]
Ding is stubborn to the core.
But you...
Why didn't you talk him into it?
I didn't want to force him.
This was about saving him.
Saving him.
I don't want to lose my husband.
And I don't want Ping to lose his father.
But the moment I saw him,
I knew.
He wasn't coming back.
Foolish.
Utterly foolish.
This is the confession Bao Ding wrote.
Let loyal blood nourish the grass.
Let righteousness tower over
mountains and rivers.
Smiling before flashing blades,
[Let loyal blood nourish the grass.]
[Let righteousness tower over
mountains and rivers.]
[Smiling before flashing blades...
by Bao Ding]
I sing the Internationale aloud.
Bring Guan Shide to me.
Yes, Sir.
Sir.
After all that effort today,
this is the confession you brought me?
Sir.
Please give me one more chance.
Orders from above.
Bao Ding is to be handed over for trial.
Sentence: Death.
Get out!
[Great Merit]
Let loyal blood nourish the grass.
Let righteousness tower over
mountains and rivers.
Smiling before flashing blades,
I sing the Internationale aloud.
Shut up!
I can be silent.
But the spark of revolution
will live on in the hearts of the people,
forever unextinguished.
Execute him!
Fire!
[Great Merit]
[The Sun and Moon Shine Bright]
Move! Hurry up!
- Move!
- Let go of me!
Let go!
You bastards!
You'll get what's coming to you someday!
You've got some nerve.
You still dare come see your daughter?
Let me go!
- Move!
- Let me go!
- You bastards!
- Move!
[Bao Family Ancestral Hall]
This leg of mine is ruined.
I can't put any weight on it.
[Bao Family Ancestral Hall]
Which one of you is willing
to help me hang him up?
Ren Shoumo.
Sooner or later...
Sooner or later,
you'll get what's coming to you.
No land rent this year or next.
Sooner or later...
Ren Shoumo.
Sooner or later,
you'll get what's coming to you.
Let's see how much longer
you can keep acting tough.
Down with the local tyrants
and evil gentry!
Dad!
Dad!
Dad!
Dad!
Nan!
Nan!
Dad!
Dad!
Dad!
Dad!
Dad!
Ping. Nan.
[Spring 1949, Tingpang]
We're home.
- Yes, we're home.
- Welcome, comrades of the PLA!
[Chiang Kai-shek launched
412 anti-revolution in Shanghai.]
[He slaughtered Communist Party members
and revolutionaries.]
[The first collaboration between
Koumintang and the CPC broke down.]
[Bloody Hu Long Tou]
Facing the bloody massacre
of the Kuomintang reactionaries,
the CPC Central Committee ordered us
to organize a riot
in the countryside.
[Tingpang]
And seize political power by armed force.
[Ticket Hall]
Thank you.
Cigarettes.
Sir, do you want cigarettes?
No.
[Ticket Hall]
Take care.
Don't worry. I'm going home.
You should be more careful.
Okay, don't worry.
Say hello to Bao Ding for me.
Got it.
Bye.
[Farmer Association of Bao Village]
The Farmer Association of Bao Village
is established!
Bravo!
Bravo!
Bravo!
Bravo!
Let's learn the Workers' and Peasants'
Revolutionary Song.
I'll sing line by line.
Follow me.
Okay?
Okay.
Lower the salt price! Raise the salary!
Lower the salt price! Raise the salary!
- Lower the salt price! Raise the salary!
- How can they make a living.
- Lower the salt price! Raise the salary!
- If you do this?
Lower the salt price! Raise the salary!
Lower the salt price! Raise the salary!
Lower the salt price!
Release them!
[Mei's Mansion]
Release them!
Release them!
Release them!
What are you doing?
You want to shoot?
Kill me first.
Stop!
Bao.
I want to meet with your Master.
This way, please.
You embezzled the fields
and beat the villagers.
I advise you to stop as soon as possible.
Ridiculous!
You know I have guns, right?
Of course, you can kill me.
But can you kill all the people outside?
If you dare kill me,
they'll dare destroy the Mei family.
Those peasants outside
want to be on the same level as us?
Peasants?
Don't forget
your rich life came from
the hard work
of those "peasants"!
I'm just asking you to spit out
what you swallowed too much of
and give it back to them.
What if I don't?
Mr. Mei,
go out and check it yourself.
You've already made a scene today.
Do you think several guns
can protect you?
[Mei]
Hurry up!
Hurry!
- Mr. Ren!
- Knock!
Mr. Ren!
Mr. Ren!
Mr. Mei!
What brings you here so late at night?
Something serious happened.
Something serious happened.
Hurry up!
[Mei]
Hurry up!
Bad news!
In-law! In-law!
Bad news!
Brother, you must help me this time.
Bro, I'm sure that Bao Ding
is a CPC member.
He assembled the crowd
to attack my house.
What does Bao Ding want to do?
He wants to attack the government.
He's going against Commander Chiang.
Bro, please file a complaint
and ask the army to suppress the bandits.
Bro, hurry up!
Bring me the brush and ink.
Hurry up.
[Bao Ding and other CPC
members gathered scoundrels, ]
[smuggling guns
and oppressing local authorities.]
Chief Commander.
Chief Commander. Commissioner.
Mei Nanxi and Ren Shoumo
are fighting against our men.
Don't panic.
[Honor the Ancestors]
What happened?
There is a Grain Price Setting Meeting
in the village.
Mei Nanxi and Ren Shoumo refused to
accept the price discussed.
So they fought against our men.
The rich are too domineering.
[Honor the Ancestors]
Go!
The Peasants' Army is coming!
Hang on!
Hang on!
I paid you a lot.
The money you offered is not enough
for us to risk our lives for you.
No way!
Let's go.
I know these bastards are unreliable.
Hit!
Master, what should we do?
Hurry up! Leave here.
Hurry up!
Hurry up!
Hurry!
Charge!
Search!
Search carefully!
You guys search over there. Hurry.
This way! Hurry!
Don't let him escape.
Search carefully.
Don't let Mei Nanxi escape.
Mr. Bao.
Mr. Bao.
We haven't found Yama Mei.
What about you?
No.
What about you?
No.
Yama Mei escaped quickly.
Did he go to the Ren family?
Yes.
Ren Shoumo is Mei Nanxi's in-law.
He must have gone to the Ren family.
We can't spare Yama Mei.
In my opinion, we might as well
destroy the Ren family.
Yes.
Confiscate his family property!
- Let's go to the Ren family.
- Yes.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Crazy.
Bao Ding must be crazy.
Bro.
Bao Ding is crazy.
Mr. Mei, why are you panicking?
How could you be frightened by Bao Ding?
The Ren family is powerful.
If he dares come,
I'll kill him.
Cheer up tonight.
Show us your power.
Whoever kills those CPC bandits
will be heavily rewarded!
Yes.
Get ready.
Hurry up!
[Ren's Mansion]
Bro, why does he have so many people?
Shoot!
Fire!
Take cover.
Ren Fan!
Fire suppression!
Okay.
Shoot them!
Xinzhao!
Shoot them!
Shoot them!
Watch out!
Chen Xinzhao!
Get ready to attack!
Yes!
[Ren's Mansion]
Bro, he's crazy.
Shoot them!
Xinzhao!
Mr. Hu.
Mr. Bao.
I listened to President Mei
to join your army.
Bao.
Be careful.
Go!
Break the door!
I'll teach you a lesson!
Go! Hurry!
Bro.
Hu is
hard to deal with.
Bro, let's retreat.
Bro, hurry!
Hurry up.
One, two, three.
One, two, three.
One, two, three.
Close the door.
Let's go.
Did you not eat?
The door must be blocked.
Here I go!
Cover!
Charge!
Go!
Master! Master!
What's up, Master?
Master!
Master!
Master!
Master!
Master, how is it?
Master!
Master! Master!
They're coming in!
What should we do?
- What are you panicking about?
- What should we do, Master?
Leave the heavy lifting to the big guys.
Useless!
Stop arguing!
Get lost!
Give me the ax.
One, two, three!
Get out of the way!
Bro!
I can't hold it any longer.
Bro, I'm leaving.
Go! Go!
Hurry!
Hurry up! Search!
Catch Mei Nanxi and Ren Shoumo alive!
Search thoroughly!
Over there.
Get him! Get him!
Search carefully.
How is it?
We searched the backyard
but didn't find Ren Shoumo and Mei Nanxi.
We also searched inside.
No.
Bao.
Bao. Hu.
Your men are robbing.
They rob everything they see.
Hu, we are doing revolution,
not robbery.
We beat up the rich
just to get some money, right?
Yeah.
We fight against the rich
to share the land and money
with the people of hard work.
You can't just run away.
I know.
Erhu.
Go. Get them back.
Let's go, Ren Fan.
Let's go.
Bao, we're here.
Thank you, Bao.
Defeating the Ren family
will shock the other rich.
We must seize the chance
and expand the outcome.
We'll march to Tingpang
and eliminate all the evil landlords.
Bravo.
Let's go.
Go!
Down with the evil landlords!
[Tingpang]
Down with Chiang Kai-shek!
Carry out the earth revolution!
Confiscate the assets of reactionaries!
Down with the evil landlords!
Down with Chiang Kai-shek!
Carry out the earth revolution!
Confiscate the assets of reactionaries!
Down with the evil landlords!
Down with Chiang Kai-shek!
Carry out the earth revolution!
Confiscate the assets of reactionaries!
Down with the evil landlords!
The enemies are all scared away.
We've taken over Tingpang.
Great!
This is the power of the people!
We won!
We won!
Xueping.
Ping.
The new era has come.
I hereby announce
from now on, we'll disband
all authorities of Kuomintang in Tingpang,
confiscate the land of landlords,
and open the granary to give out food.
Guys,
[Title deed]
From now on,
we'll wipe out the land rent,
the house rent and the IOUs.
Come on!
Come in, everyone.
Hurry.
So much rice.
We haven't seen so much rice
for a long time.
Mr. Bao.
What are you waiting for?
Take the grain.
Take the grain.
Thank you.
Fenghua, Commander Chiang's hometown,
Fenghua,
is only a hundred miles away
from Tingpang.
If we can't quickly eliminate the rebels,
the provincial governor He Yingqin
will be humiliated.
Our department is ready for battle.
We can rush to Tingpang at any time.
This is the information
of Bao Ding and other the rebels.
[Analysis of CPC Members,
Name: Bao Ding]
I hope you can advance bravely
and eliminate the rebels
as soon as possible.
Yes.
Pull yourselves together.
It's time to make contributions.
Hurry up.
[Tingpang]
A small petrel.
- Do you like it?
- Yes.
And your favorite mung bean cake.
Share it with your friends.
Come in and wipe your face.
This is for you.
Do you like it?
Yes.
I heard that many people
were killed outside.
I was freaked out.
Fortunately, the ancestors blessed you.
I'm fine.
Don't worry.
Ping, let's fly a kite.
Dad, give me back my kite!
Slow down, you two.
It's flying.
Step back.
This way.
What's there to discuss?
Just fight against them.
Are you sure it's Zheng Junyan's team
from Haiyou?
Yes. They have many people.
Perfect timing.
I'm going to teach them a lesson.
The warriors are exhausted.
Our weapons are not suitable
to fight head-on.
That's right. We need to avoid
their sharp edge.
What do you think we should do?
[Bao Village] [Tingpang] [Hu Long Tou]
Hu Long Tou.
The terrain of Hu Long Tou is dangerous.
Ren Fan, you and Hu lead a team
to set an ambush here.
- Yes.
- Yes.
Shide,
you and Liangfang
to retreat to Tiantai of Linhai.
I suggest
those who are not exposed or armed,
or with weak combat effectiveness,
dispersing and hiding.
Jiancong,
Liangfang and Xinzhao lead
others to withdraw.
Bao and I will stay and cover the rear.
I agree.
No.
I'll stay too.
Follow my order.
Time is running out.
Let's split up as planned.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
- Yes.
- Yes.
- Take care.
- Take care.
Take care.
Hurry up, everyone.
Retreat! Retreat!
They are right ahead. Chase them!
Smash them!
Attention!
Hurry! Hide!
Attack!
Guys, rush in!
Kill them all.
Hu.
It's important to meet up
with the troop now.
Yes, comrades.
Retreat.
Hurry!
Hurry!
Guys, retreat!
- Retreat!
- Hurry up!
Go!
Retreat!
Sir, we were ambushed.
Savage!
You were eager for quick success.
That's why we lost many soldiers.
I'm sorry, sir.
Leave this to me.
Take some men to search the village.
Yes. Let's go.
Aim at the foot of the mountain.
Get ready to fire.
Yes.
Bao.
There's enemies over there!
We're surrounded.
Erhu, Erhu.
Charge!
Bao Ding!
Are you okay?
Take care of my brother.
I'll cover you.
No, I'll stay.
What's the use of staying here?
You would distract me.
Take care of him.
- Let's go together.
- Go.
Go!
Kill them all!
Charge!
Mother.
Search!
- Yes.
- Yes.
What are you doing?
Tell me.
Where is your dad?
Sir, he's not here.
- Take him away.
- Yes.
Let's go.
Mother, don't leave me.
Ping! Ping!
Ping!
Let him go!
Let him go!
Ping!
Go!
Take them together.
- Ping!
- Go!
Ping, don't be afraid.
Stop!
Bao Benzheng!
Are you interfering with police business?
I don't mind you arresting Bao Ding
if he commits a crime.
But his wife and kid are innocent.
Ridiculous!
Bao Ding is plotting rebellion.
Are you telling me you didn't know?
He has been bewitched by the CPC
and has broken off with our family.
Catch him if you can.
Don't hurt women and children.
Let's see who dares to stop me today.
Dad, why are you here?
Bastard!
Put down your guns.
How dare you disrespect the officer?
Sir, keep it.
Sir.
It's a shame for our family
to have produced a traitor like Bao Ding.
Please do me a favor
and let me
watch and educate the two.
For your sake,
I'll let it go for now.
But you must report it
if Bao Ding comes back.
Don't cover up for him.
Yes. Yes.
Let's go.
Guangbin.
Beat him!
Charge!
Report!
Bao Ding's body is not found.
He can't go far.
After him!
Yes.
Hurry up!
They're going up!
The one who can kill Bao Ding
will be promoted two ranks
with fifty silver dollars in reward.
Go!
Hurry!
Hurry!
Be careful.
Hurry!
Hurry!
Go!
- Erhu.
- Are you alright?
Commander.
Leave with Commissioner.
Leave me alone.
Erhu!
Go!
Erhu!
Go!
Go!
Chase them!
Hurry!
Go!
What should we do?
- Jump!
- Jump!
Give me the gun.
Hu.
Hu.
Say something!
Hu.
Xueping.
I made you a pair of shoes.
I don't know if they fit.
For me?
It fits. It's great.
I have something for you.
Do you like it?
- Let me put it on for you.
- Okay.
So beautiful.
I'll marry you
if you go down the mountain.
Aren't you afraid
that I'll ask my men to tie you up?
Xueping.
Xueping.
Shide,
take a rest.
I'll keep watch.
No need.
Go ahead.
Take it. Go to sleep.
It's all my fault.
I acted rashly
and implicated everyone.
Righteousness is inevitable.
No.
Maybe this won't happen
if we wait a little longer.
Wait?
How long can we wait?
I just didn't expect
the Kuomintang is so powerful.
We'll have to take our time
and consider this carefully.
Take our time and consider it carefully.
Shide,
difficulty is temporary.
We will finally make a success.
Success?
I'm looking forward to success every day.
We will success!
We will!
It'll be dawn eventually.
[Good weather]
[Tingpang]
Mr. Lu is back in triumph.
We have a gift for you.
Please accept it.
Please accept it.
You're welcome.
Mr. Lu.
Mr. Lu, please forgive me
for being late.
I'll kill you!
Mr. Lu, you...
Now you know to stop her?
What did you do before?
I...
Bao Benzheng.
You condoned your brother's rebellion.
How should you be punished?
Mr. Lu.
I'm innocent.
That day,
He even gave out our land and food.
You mean, I wronged you?
Slap him.
Yes.
Watch out, Shide.
Watch out!
Watch out!
Bao Ding.
I have to report the riot at Tingpang
as soon as possible.
Let's say goodbye.
But your leg is injured.
I'm fine.
Move to Tiantai as soon as possible
and meet with Liangfang.
Okay.
Shide,
I don't know
when we'll meet again.
Take care.
Bao.
Stay alive.
Live.
[Spring, 1929, Tiantai County]
Time flies.
Yeah, half a year has passed.
We started a fight of grain price setting
and pawn redemption in Tiantai,
and destroyed the Minister of Organization
of Kuomintang.
But five comrades sacrificed.
I will go to Hangzhou with Xinzhao
to report to the Provincial Commission.
You'd be careful in Tiantai.
Don't worry. You need to be more careful.
When you see Shide,
say hello to him for me.
I will tell him
your greetings.
Got it.
Sir,
Your wine is here.
Sir, what would you like?
A plate of peanuts and a plate of beans.
Half a kilo of aged wine
and half a kilo of strong liquor.
After getting old,
people will have so many illnesses.
Sir, we've been walking all the way
and are thirsty.
Bring us a pot of tea.
Serve the tea.
Okay.
- The rickshaw. Turn around.
- Go away!
Don't move!
Don't move!
[Zhejiang Army Prison]
[Admit your crime and be executed]
A flesh and blood can't bear it.
If you told me earlier,
you don't have to suffer.
And I don't have to trouble myself.
I don't know.
You don't know?
Don't know?
You don't know?
You don't know?
You don't know?
You don't know?
Tell me.
Say it!
Tell me.
Where is the den of the rebels
in Tiantai County?
Speak!
What did you say?
Louder.
What? Say it.
Keep dreaming.
Still won't talk?
What a tough bastard.
We've interrogated him this long,
and got nothing useful.
[Zhejiang Army Prison]
Brought you some company.
What did this guy do?
No idea.
Heard he's a Red too.
Shide?
Shide.
Why are you here?
Bao.
Are you all right?
I'm fine.
Bao.
My cover hasn't been blown yet.
Pretend you don't know me.
How did you end up here?
Something happened at the liaison station.
Same here.
How is Liangfang?
Liangfang is fine.
She misses you.
She asked me to send her regards.
Bao.
We have to get the message out
as soon as possible.
But all the routes are cut off now.
How are we
supposed to find her?
Fuyuan Rice Shop.
The code:
No white rice.
[Zhejiang Army Prison]
Take him away.
Move.
Where are you taking him?
Where are you taking him?
Where?
You've been there so many times.
You still don't know?
Bro.
I will get out.
Bro.
Take care!
We're here. Watch your step.
Thank you.
Gather everyone at once.
No mistakes.
Dad always favors you.
He insisted I come save you.
Save me?
It won't be that easy.
Write a confession,
and if the family pays some money,
maybe they'll let you out.
Brother.
I won't write a confession.
Tell Dad not to waste money on me.
That good friend of yours, the one
from out of town who joined the uprising,
has already surrendered
to the Nationalist Army.
And here you are, still being stubborn.
You mean Shi...
Brother.
I know you're trying to save me,
but you don't have to lie to me.
Lie to you?
I just saw him at the gate.
What did you say?
Impossible.
Absolutely impossible.
He...
He was still here yesterday.
Then where is he now?
Where is he?
- I will get out.
- Brother.
- I will get out.
- Bro.
Don't worry. Don't worry!
Go!
Inside information.
Guan Shide has defected.
The liaison station is exposed.
Comrades, withdraw.
Search carefully.
Don't miss a single corner.
Sir, we found no clues.
When we came to scout yesterday,
this rice shop was already closed.
Sir.
I...
Impossible.
Absolutely impossible.
[Huayang Grocery]
Sir.
Bao Ding would never lie to me.
Are you sure?
I'm sure.
Of course I know
Bao Ding wouldn't lie to you.
Sir.
It wasn't me.
It wasn't me.
I serve the Party loyally now.
I have nothing to do
with them anymore, Sir.
Did I say it was you?
Find out as soon as possible
where the leak came from.
Yes, Sir.
Open the door.
Get out.
Why?
Why was there nobody
at the liaison station?
Why?
I'm asking you.
Why was it you?
I'm asking you!
Who would've thought
that after all your scheming,
you'd still come up empty-handed?
Bao Ding.
I suggest you tell us the truth.
As long as you talk,
I'll make sure you walk away unharmed.
Unharmed?
Right.
Like you?
A traitor.
A traitor despised by everyone!
- Shameless coward!
- Shut up!
Look.
Look.
You have no idea what I've been through.
Bao.
Back then,
when I was arrested,
I thought I'd die like a hero,
a glorious martyr.
Guess what happened next?
The King of Hell
wouldn't take me.
Wouldn't take me.
I survived.
I, Guan Shide, survived.
Bao.
The Guan Shide you once knew
is dead.
That's right.
He's dead.
But Bao,
you're still ali...
You're still alive.
We're both still alive, aren't we?
Open...
Open your eyes and look.
Look.
The Kuomintang is the future.
Communism will never succeed.
Evil
can never defeat justice.
Really?
Then who's the one tied up right now?
Success doesn't have
to come in my lifetime.
What success?
You have to stay alive to succeed.
Well said.
Being alive is what matters most.
Bring him in.
Xinzhao! Xinzhao!
Bao!
Long time no see.
Guan Shide.
So it was you.
You traitor!
How did I not realize
you were the traitor all along?
Pah!
Tie him up.
Guan Shide.
Bao Ding.
I know you're tough.
But I also know how much
you value brotherhood.
What are you going to do?
If you've got guts, come at me!
No!
How much he suffers
depends on you.
Still refusing to talk?
Bao!
You can't possibly
surrender to a despicable man
like him.
Still acting tough, huh?
You beast.
Stop!
Come on.
Warm your young master up a little.
Come on.
Bastard!
You bastard!
Xinzhao!
Xinzhao!
Let's see what's tougher,
your mouth or this brush.
Right now, I'll peel his skin off
layer by layer.
Stop!
Bao Ding.
Talk.
Just tell them.
Then he won't have to suffer.
I'll talk.
The liaison station is real.
Sir.
See? I told you he wasn't lying.
He would never lie to me.
That's our only liaison station.
If you didn't catch anyone,
there's only one possibility.
Guan Shide
is playing both sides.
Sir.
Sir, don't listen to his nonsense.
You dare talk nonsense?
You dare talk nonsense?
You dare talk nonsense?
Nonsense! Nonsense!
My brother committed a serious crime.
My father only wants to keep him alive.
Mr. Lu, I hope you can give him a chance.
He's a major offender.
There's little I can do.
These days the Communists
are stirring up trouble everywhere.
Many ordinary people have been misled.
My brother is highly respected locally.
Only if he truly repents
can the impact of the uprising be undone.
That would also benefit you, Sir.
If you can persuade
Bao Ding to write a confession,
I'll make sure he lives.
Bao, even now,
your family is still
running around for you,
spending a fortune to save your life.
Honestly, I really envy you.
Tell me.
If I had your luck,
back then,
maybe I wouldn't have
suffered so much, would I?
That's all in the past.
What are you up to?
Bao.
You really are blessed.
You don't have to confess anything.
Just write a confession letter
and you'll be free.
Why make things so hard on yourself?
Don't worry.
Once you're out, we'll still be brothers.
Get lost!
Yuhua and Ping are already on their way.
I don't think
you'd want them to see you like this.
Open the door!
We got word.
- How is it?
- Comrades.
There's news from the prison.
Noon. Twelve o'clock.
Hushan Restaurant.
- Hushan Restaurant?
- Hushan Restaurant?
Lu Zhenxiong has arranged
the meeting place
outside the prison?
Could this be a trap?
Yeah.
With Mrs. Bao and Ping involved,
just the few of us
probably won't be enough.
That's right.
Even if there's only a glimmer of hope,
we can never give up.
Let's go.
Okay.
- Dad, I missed you so much.
- Ping.
Ping.
I missed you too.
Mrs. Bao, come.
Have a seat.
Dad, what's this?
It's like the string on a kite.
Someone was afraid I'd fly away.
Don't say such unlucky things.
The hard times are almost over.
Come on.
Let's drink to
this wonderful day.
I'd like to speak with them alone.
Is that okay?
That might be...
Don't worry.
Our father already made it clear.
All right.
Mrs. Bao, talk some sense into him.
Bao.
Think about them.
Just look.
How wonderful.
You all talk.
Dad.
I'll feed you.
Is it good?
It's delicious.
Ping, have some too.
Ping.
When you grow up,
you must take good care of your mother.
Understand?
I understand.
Good boy.
Mom, what's wrong?
Your mom is just so happy to see me today.
Ding.
Could you please...
The fact that I can
see you both again today
leaves me with no regrets in this life.
You really...
Mom.
Why isn't Dad coming home with us?
Bao Ding.
Have you made up your mind?
Look at this sunlight.
Doesn't it remind you
of the day we first met in Shanghai?
Gentle and warm.
That was probably
the happiest time of my life.
Cooperation between the Nationalists
and Communists is the trend of the times.
Sounds nice enough.
Alliance with Soviet Russia,
cooperation with the Communists,
support for workers and peasants.
But who knows if they truly mean it?
Shanghai has been retaken, and
the Northern Expedition is unstoppable.
But whether this cooperation can continue
is deeply worrying.
[Nationalist-Communist Cooperation
During the Northern Expedition]
To save the nation
and ensure its survival,
we must stand united.
As intellectuals,
we must take on the responsibility
of awakening and organizing the people.
Only through our generation's
determination and hard work
can China rise again.
Well said!
Well said!
Well said!
Well said!
- Well said!
- Excellent speech!
Before you left,
you even gave me a poem.
You and I once sang side by side.
United in spirit
when our paths first crossed.
Tomorrow I ride alone upon a distant road.
My whip casts lonely shadows
in the fading dusk.
Back then,
my heart was full of uncertainty.
I had no idea where the road led.
You were the one who told me
that only communism
could give China a future.
But look at you now.
The man who led me into the revolution
has betrayed the revolution.
If you choose the wrong path,
then no matter how far you walk,
you're still wrong.
And you really think
the path you're on now
is the right one?
At least
you have to be alive
to talk about success.
But one day, you'll die too!
When you reach the underworld,
how will you face
the comrades who died
in the Tingpang Uprising?
Bao Ding.
You played me?
I won't make things difficult
for you today.
I'll write the confession.
The cars are here.
Okay.
Get out.
Go!
He's not here. Something's wrong.
Fall back.
- Retreat! Move!
- Retreat!
Move!
Move! Let's go!
Hurry up!
Fall back!
- Run!
- Mr. Bao!
Bao!
Forget about me!
Run!
Take him back.
Comrades, go!
So it was you.
Fall back!
Retreat! Watch out!
Retreat! Move!
After them!
[Tingpang]
Ding is stubborn to the core.
But you...
Why didn't you talk him into it?
I didn't want to force him.
This was about saving him.
Saving him.
I don't want to lose my husband.
And I don't want Ping to lose his father.
But the moment I saw him,
I knew.
He wasn't coming back.
Foolish.
Utterly foolish.
This is the confession Bao Ding wrote.
Let loyal blood nourish the grass.
Let righteousness tower over
mountains and rivers.
Smiling before flashing blades,
[Let loyal blood nourish the grass.]
[Let righteousness tower over
mountains and rivers.]
[Smiling before flashing blades...
by Bao Ding]
I sing the Internationale aloud.
Bring Guan Shide to me.
Yes, Sir.
Sir.
After all that effort today,
this is the confession you brought me?
Sir.
Please give me one more chance.
Orders from above.
Bao Ding is to be handed over for trial.
Sentence: Death.
Get out!
[Great Merit]
Let loyal blood nourish the grass.
Let righteousness tower over
mountains and rivers.
Smiling before flashing blades,
I sing the Internationale aloud.
Shut up!
I can be silent.
But the spark of revolution
will live on in the hearts of the people,
forever unextinguished.
Execute him!
Fire!
[Great Merit]
[The Sun and Moon Shine Bright]
Move! Hurry up!
- Move!
- Let go of me!
Let go!
You bastards!
You'll get what's coming to you someday!
You've got some nerve.
You still dare come see your daughter?
Let me go!
- Move!
- Let me go!
- You bastards!
- Move!
[Bao Family Ancestral Hall]
This leg of mine is ruined.
I can't put any weight on it.
[Bao Family Ancestral Hall]
Which one of you is willing
to help me hang him up?
Ren Shoumo.
Sooner or later...
Sooner or later,
you'll get what's coming to you.
No land rent this year or next.
Sooner or later...
Ren Shoumo.
Sooner or later,
you'll get what's coming to you.
Let's see how much longer
you can keep acting tough.
Down with the local tyrants
and evil gentry!
Dad!
Dad!
Dad!
Dad!
Nan!
Nan!
Dad!
Dad!
Dad!
Dad!
Dad!
Ping. Nan.
[Spring 1949, Tingpang]
We're home.
- Yes, we're home.
- Welcome, comrades of the PLA!