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2014 Chinese film
Gone with the Bullets
Gone with the Bullets theatrical poster
Traditional Chinese一步之遙
Simplified Chinese一步之遥
Literal meaningA step too far
Hanyu PinyinYībù zhī yáo
Directed byJiang Wen
Written byJiang Wen
Guo Junli
Wang Shuo
Liao Yimei
Shu Ping
Yan Yunfei
Sun Yu
Sun Rui
Yu Yanlin
Produced byMa Ke
StarringJiang Wen
Ge You
Zhou Yun
Shu Qi
Release date
  • December 18, 2014 (2014-12-18)
Running time140 minutes
118 minutes (international)
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Budget300 million yuan
(US$48.8 million)
Box officeUS$83.33 million

Gone with the Bullets (Chinese: 一步之遥) is a 2014 Chinese film directed by Jiang Wen and also starring Jiang Wen, Ge You, Zhou Yun and Shu Qi. Production started on location in Beijing at the China Film Group studio in Huairou on October 2, 2013. Production wrapped before the Chinese New Year holiday. The film was released on December 18, 2014. A version, which was 22 minutes shorter, was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.

This film is the second part of Jiang Wen's gangster Beiyang trilogy with Let the Bullets Fly and Hidden Man.

The film was named 2014's "smokiest movie" by an anti-smoking group in China, featuring 45 smoking scenes in all, equivalent to someone smoking every 3.1 minutes.

Plot

The film is set in 1920s Shanghai, surrounding a beauty pageant.

Cast

Box office

By January 9, 2015, the film had earned ¥511.14 million at the Chinese box office.

References

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  8. "姜文谈《一步之遥》 故事源自北洋阎瑞生案" [Jiang Wen talks about "One Step Away" The story is based on the Beiyang Yan Ruisheng case] (in Chinese). NetEase Entertainment. Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  9. IMAX China (June 20, 2018). "Jiang Wen's Hidden Man to be Released in IMAX Theatres Across China on July 13". Beijing: PR Newswire Asia Ltd. PR Newswire. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  10. Elley, Derek (30 August 2018). "Review: Hidden Man (2018)". Sino-Cinema. WordPress. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  11. Clifford Coonan (May 14, 2015). "Chinese Group Slams 'Gone With The Bullets' for Too Much Smoking". The Hollywood Reporter. (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved May 14, 2015.
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External links

Films directed by Jiang Wen


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