Directed by:
Xiaogang FengComposer:
Jiping ZhaoCast:
Guoli Zhang, Daoming Chen, Adrien Brody, Tim Robbins, Alfred Hsing, Wei Fan, Alec Su, Yuanzheng Feng, Zhenyu Qiao, Zhang Mo, Yongjian Lin, Olivia Wang (more)Plots(1)
Back to 1942 is an epic reconstruction of the deadly drought of 1942 that took its toll on central China's Henan province during the war against Japan, resulting in a loss of at least three million people. In the midst of the devastation, an American journalist (Adrien Brody) searches for answers, and slowly comes to understand that there may be a greater connection between these tragedies and his political theories than he once thought. (British Film Institute (BFI))
(more)Cast
Guoli Zhang
China
Best movies:
Youth (2017)
Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)
Back to 1942 (2012)
![Daoming Chen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273935_af468b.jpg)
Daoming Chen
China
Best movies:
Hero (2002)
After Shock (2010)
Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)
![Adrien Brody](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/428/164428562_9adc8a.png)
Adrien Brody
USA
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
Detachment (2011)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
![Tim Robbins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/921/163921450_a7778f.jpg)
Tim Robbins
USA
Best movies:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Mystic River (2003)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Alfred Hsing
Best movies:
Back to 1942 (2012)
Shankar's I (2015)
The Sorcerer and the White Snake (2011)
![Wei Fan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275260_c20042.jpg)
Wei Fan
China
Best movies:
City of Life and Death (2009)
The Road (2006)
If You Are the One (2008)
![Alec Su](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/889/160889575_3bb07a.jpg)
Alec Su
China
Best movies:
Back to 1942 (2012)
The Assassins (2012)
Yuanzheng Feng
China
Best movies:
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)
Back to 1942 (2012)
Zhenyu Qiao
China
Best movies:
Back to 1942 (2012)
Love in Disguise (2010)
Cloudy Mountain (2021)
Zhang Mo
China
Best movies:
Love Is Not Blind (2011)
Back to 1942 (2012)
Let the Bullets Fly (2010)
Yongjian Lin
China
Best movies:
Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)
Back to 1942 (2012)
The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021)
![Olivia Wang](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/307/158307394_a3c766.jpg)
Olivia Wang
China
Best movies:
After Shock (2010)
Back to 1942 (2012)
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (2006)
![Guoqiang Zhang](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/307/158307389_2ec510.jpg)
Guoqiang Zhang
China
Best movies:
After Shock (2010)
Back to 1942 (2012)
The Rescue (2020)
![Yihong Duan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/170/162170935_afc1b6.jpg)
Yihong Duan
China
Best movies:
Back to 1942 (2012)
Extraordinary Mission (2017)
Summer Palace (2006)
Xuejian Li
China
Best movies:
Happy Times (2000)
Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010)
Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)
Hanyu Zhang
China
Best movies:
A World Without Thieves (2004)
Heroes of War (2007)
Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)
![Fan Xu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/307/158307390_f38cd1.jpg)
Fan Xu
China
Best movies:
Full Circle (2012)
A World Without Thieves (2004)
After Shock (2010)
Shouzhi Jiang
China
Best movies:
Back to 1942 (2012)
Qian Li
China
Best movies:
Back to 1942 (2012)
Saving General Yang (2013)
Genyi Yu
Best movies:
Back to 1942 (2012)