145 minutes
11/1/2012
In 1942, Henan Province was devastated by one of the most tragic famines in modern Chinese history, resulting in the deaths of at least three million men, women and children. Although the primary cause of the famine was a severe drought, it was exacerbated by locusts, windstorms, earthquakes, epidemic disease and the corruption of the ruling Kuomintang government.
Zhang Guoli
as Fan Dianyuan
Xu Fan
as Hua Zhi
Zhang Mo
as Shuan Zhu
Zhang Hanyu
as An Ximan
Chen Daoming
as Jiang Jieshi
Adrien Brody
as Theodore Harold White
Tim Robbins
as Bishop Megan
Wang Ziwen
as Xing Xing
Fan Wei
as Lao Ma
Feng Yuanzheng
as Xia Lu
Alec Su
as Song Ziwen
Li Xuejian
as Li Peiji
Lü Zhong
as Zhang Fang's Mother
Qiao Zhenyu
as Secretary Han
Ke Lan
as Song Meiling
Li Qian
as Master Fan's Daughter-in-Law
Zhao Yi
as Master Fan's Son
Alfred Hsing
as Refugee
Shaohua Zhang
as Xia Lu's Mother
Duan Yihong
as Chen Bulei
Zhang Guoqiang
as Guo Jiquao
Du Chun
as Chiang Kai-shek's Confidential Secretary
Tian Xiaojie
as Middle-aged Officer
Yu Zhen
as Jiang Dingwen
Miura Kenichi
as Takahashi Jirou
Takagi Sadahiro
as Japanese Soldier
Yoneoka Hirosumi
as Japanese Cook
Zhu Yongteng
as Staff Officer
Yu Fei
as Lao Ma's Sidekick