---
title: 'Operation Red Sea (2018)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Dante Lam'
released: '2018-02-16'
runtime_minutes: 142
genres:
  - 'War'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Hong Kong'
  - 'People''s Republic of China'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/operation-red-sea-2018'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6878882/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Operation Red Sea (2018)

2018 · 142 min · War, Adventure · Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

Original title: 红海行动

## Synopsis

Operation Red Sea is a 2018 action war film directed by Dante Lam and starring Zhang Yi, Huang Jingyu, Hai Qing, Du Jiang and Jiang Luxia. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film is loosely based on the evacuation of foreign nationals and almost 600 Chinese citizens from Yemen's southern port of Aden during late March in 2015 Yemeni Civil War. According to Chinaculture.org, the film is in similar style to that of Operation Mekong.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Dante Lam](https://cinepixo.com/people/dante-lam)
- **Screenplay:** [Dante Lam](https://cinepixo.com/people/dante-lam), [Eric Lin](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-lin), [Feng Ji](https://cinepixo.com/people/feng-ji), [Chen Zhuzhu](https://cinepixo.com/people/chen-zhuzhu)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Elliot Leung](https://cinepixo.com/people/elliot-leung)
- **Producer:** [Candy Leung](https://cinepixo.com/people/candy-leung)
- **Director of Photography:** [Edmond Fung](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmond-fung), [Horace Wong Wing-Hang](https://cinepixo.com/people/horace-wong-wing-hang)

## Cast

- [Huang Jingyu](https://cinepixo.com/people/huang-jingyu) as Gu Shun
- [Du Jiang](https://cinepixo.com/people/du-jiang) as Xu Hong
- [Sanâa Alaoui](https://cinepixo.com/people/sanaa-alaoui) as Ena
- [Fang Yin](https://cinepixo.com/people/fang-yin) as Li Dong
- [Zhang Hanyu](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhang-hanyu) as Gao Yun
- [Hai Qing](https://cinepixo.com/people/hai-qing) as Xia Nan
- [Jacky Cai Jie](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacky-cai-jie) as a PLA drone pilot
- [Wang Qiang](https://cinepixo.com/people/wang-qiang) as Zhao Haiqiang
- [Simon Yam](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-yam) as Albert
- [Jiang Luxia](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiang-luxia) as Tong Li
- [Wang Yutian](https://cinepixo.com/people/wang-yutian) as Zhang Tiande
- [Wang Yanlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/wang-yanlin) as Luo Xing
- [Zhang Yi](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhang-yi) as Yang Rui
- [Prince Mak](https://cinepixo.com/people/prince-mak) as Zhuang Yu

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/operation-red-sea-2018
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