Assembly (2007) on Netflix
NR20072h 4mActionBiographyDrama
Captain Gu Zidi commands the 9th Company, sent in 1948 to take a Nationalist-held town in the Huaihai Campaign. Jailed for trying to execute surrendered soldiers, he befriends Wang Jincun.
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In 1948, during the Huaihai Campaign, Captain Gu Zidi commands the 9th Company of the 139th Regiment, a unit of the People's Liberation Army, in an assault on a town held by the National Revolutionary Army. The fighting costs his company heavily. Gu tries to execute enemy soldiers who have surrendered, and Colonel Liu Zeshui jails him for three days; there he befriends Wang Jincun, a former teacher jailed for cowardice. Once released, Gu takes his 46 surviving men to hold a position until a bugle call for assembly sounds.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Assembly (2007)
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- The 2007 Chinese war film Assembly is among the first films produced in mainland China to portray the Chinese Civil War in a realistic style.
- Assembly was adapted from the novel Guan Si (A Legal Case), which drew on a real-life account of a veteran army captain fighting to uphold his company's honour.
