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The Crossing I
The Crossing I

The Crossing I

There was never a more dangerous time to fall in love.

Genres

Drama

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At the end of the World War II and the middle of the Chinese Revolution, three couples from different backgrounds with different nationalities flee from China to the island of Taiwan.

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Budget

$40000000

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Chinese

Runtime

129 mins

Rating

5.575/10

Release Date

02 December 2014

Country

China

Cast

Huang Xiaoming

Huang Xiaoming

Lei Yifang

Song Hye-kyo

Song Hye-kyo

Zhou Yunfen

Takeshi Kaneshiro

Takeshi Kaneshiro

Yan Shikun

Tong Dawei

Tong Dawei

Tong Daqing

Zhang Ziyi

Zhang Ziyi

Yu Zhen

Masami Nagasawa

Masami Nagasawa

Masako Shimura

Yu Zhen

Yu Zhen

Miura Kenichi

Miura Kenichi

Li Xin-Meng

Li Xin-Meng

Bowie Lam

Bowie Lam

Peter Yuan

Hitomi Kuroki

Hitomi Kuroki

Mrs Shimura

Tony Yang

Tony Yang

Qin Hailu

Qin Hailu

Jack Kao

Jack Kao

Yan Cangmeng

Wang Qianyuan

Wang Qianyuan

Angeles Woo

Angeles Woo

Mei Fang

Yang Kuei-mei

Yang Kuei-mei

Yan's mother

Cong Shan

Cong Shan

Zhang Jiayi

Zhang Jiayi

Li Xinmin

Li Xinmin

Farmers's Leader

Wang Zhifei

Wang Zhifei

Captain Chen

Denny Huang

Denny Huang

Yang Tianhu

Zhang Guoqing

Zhang Guoqing

Old Guo

Lin Mei-Shiu

Lin Mei-Shiu

Yu Feihong

Yu Feihong

Annie Woo

Annie Woo

Yan's neighbour

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