--- title: 'The Founding of an Army (2017)' type: 'film' director: 'Andrew Lau' released: '2017-07-27' runtime_minutes: 133 genres: - 'Drama' - 'War' - 'History' countries: - 'People''s Republic of China' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-founding-of-an-army-2017' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7185492/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Founding of an Army (2017) 2017 · 133 min · Drama, War, History · People's Republic of China Original title: 建军大业 ## Synopsis The Founding of an Army is a 2017 Chinese historical drama produced by the China Film Group Corporation to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. Produced by Han Sanping and directed by Andrew Lau, it is the third installment of the Founding of New China trilogy, along with The Founding of a Republic (2009) and The Founding of a Party (2011). The film features a star-studded cast of Chinese actors. It was released on July 28, 2017, to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. ## Credits - **Director:** [Andrew Lau](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-lau) - **Screenplay:** [Huang Jianxin](https://cinepixo.com/people/huang-jianxin), [Han Sanping](https://cinepixo.com/people/han-sanping) - **Producer:** [Han Sanping](https://cinepixo.com/people/han-sanping) - **Original Music Composer:** [Chan Kwong-wing](https://cinepixo.com/people/chan-kwong-wing), [Yu-Peng Chen](https://cinepixo.com/people/yu-peng-chen) ## Cast - [Wang Jingchun](https://cinepixo.com/people/wang-jingchun) - [Liu Ye](https://cinepixo.com/people/liu-ye) - [Oho Ou](https://cinepixo.com/people/oho-ou) - [Zhu Yawen](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhu-yawen) - [Zhang Tian'ai](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhang-tian-ai) - [Liu Haoran](https://cinepixo.com/people/liu-haoran) - [Li Qin](https://cinepixo.com/people/li-qin) - [Huang Zhizhong](https://cinepixo.com/people/huang-zhizhong) - [Ma Tianyu](https://cinepixo.com/people/ma-tianyu) - [Lay](https://cinepixo.com/people/lay) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-founding-of-an-army-2017 Film facts: Wikidata (Q28410427); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.