Sparkling Red Star (1974 film)

Sparkling Red Star is a 1974 Chinese film and one of the very few films produced in China during the Cultural Revolution. Codirected by Li Jun and Li Ang, the film is a mix between a war film, a childrens film and a musical. Today, given the heavyhanded political message and state control of the Sparkling Red Stars story and production, it is generally considered a propaganda film. The film was remade in 2007 as an animated tale.

Hardened by his mothers death, Dongzi joins a band of guerrilla fighters and eventually kills his former landlord. When his father finally returns, Dongzi joins him as the Red Armys newest recruit in the fight against the Japanese during Second SinoJapanese War.

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