Assembly Page #5

Synopsis: War feasts upon death. Its greedy appetite carries away many a life on the battlefield, and soldiers must be ready to die at any time. Yet all these sacrifices can be given meaning and reason with honor. A weathered witness of war's insatiable appetite, Guzidi, Captain of the Ninth Company, will struggle his entire life to return honor to his forty six men and their self-sacrifice. The year 1948 witnessed the launching of the Huaihai Campaign during the Chinese Civil War. In one of Chinese history's deadliest battles, thousands from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the Nationalist Army (KMT) fell in the battle that took place between Xuzhou and Bengdu. It was amid this bloody fight that Captain Guzidi led the Ninth Company infantry unit on a sniper mission. His orders were to fight the KMT Army until the retreat assembly call was sounded. Yet, after many long hours of painstaking resistance, Gu watched powerless as the ammunition ran out and the scant ranks of the Ninth Company g
Director(s): Xiaogang Feng
Production: Metrodome Distribution
  25 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Year:
2007
124 min
93 Views


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ln North Korea, you made a promise to me.

You said you'd help me find my troops after the war

Gu

Millions of soldiers

Troops who lost entered new units

Even if we think the world of ourselves

We're just like drops in a river

Why would they care about us?

They don't care

We must care about it

Tell me the truth

That report l made

Did you ever pass it up the line?

Of course l did

But l'll bet it just got stuck in the pile

They said

The headquarters received many letters like yours

Hundreds of thousands of them

They couldn't open them all

Be patient

ls she awake?

Not yet

Report when she's awake

Yes, Colonel

l've said the first two

There's one more

Brother

l found a wife for you

Who?

She's down with a fever

Stop kidding around!

How about it?

You don't like her because she's a widow?

Nonsense

l'm no golden boy myself

lt's just not right

Seems right to me

l think you should be with her

We're brothers

So l'll be blunt

A blind person doesn't deserve such a woman

lt wouldn't be fair to her

Tell me

What does her face look like?

A beauty

l can't see clearly what she looks like

lf she is so beautiful

lt's a waste to leave her with me

Tell her what you should

lf you can't find the words

l'll talk to her when she's better,

Listen to your brother

She cherishes a loved one that's passed away

She will devote herself to a living one

Gu

Yes?

What do you want for dinner?

Dumplings

lf during the holidays

A few of us friends

Can celebrate together

We will remember

All the memories we treasure

A song filled with joy

We will remember

All the memories we treasure

A song filled with joy

At the end of the battle

You were the only one left standing?

That's right

l was the only one left

How'd you get the enemy's uniform?

What?

We need to know in detail

the order of events

After all this time

You are still missing the point

Since you claimed to be the only one alive

Who is to verify your story?

What else do you want to know?

Just tell me

l want to hear it out

Suppose

You intentionally snuck into the enemy's ranks

How did you do it?

Why did you do it?

What were you thinking?

Did you consider the consequences?

We hope you will take these questions seriously

The Party needs to make the record straight

And you need to make the record straight

Your employment is registered in our county

lt is our duty to review our cadres

Comrade Gu Zidi

Take your time

Before you answer

Think it through

Try to remember

No rush

l've said all l can say

What else do you want to know?

Please answer the questions l just asked

F*** you

What did you say?

l said, f*** you

Watch your mouth

Comrade Gu

You must calm down

You are full of sh*t, and l am to be calm?

You are responsible for your words and actions

l've already died hundreds of time

Who cares about this bullshit?

Write this down

Take down what he just said

Don't just take down my words

Write this down as well

He can take care of himself

Absolutely ridiculous!

He's got a bad temper

Wang

See the two officials off

Give my regards to the Director

Gu

Try to cooperate

Don't be like this

lt's not fair

lt's so unfair

Gu

You can't see your way around

Don't come up here

My eyesight is poor, but my nose is keen

lf the forest caught on fire

You wouldn't see it

But l'd be able to smell it

Nice view

Gu

Gu

Look towards the road

Gu

Gu

They've been found

What's been found?

Er Dou just got the notice!

Gu

They found your old regiment

My girl

Er Dou isn't fooling around with me?

No, it's true

You mustn't fool around

lt's true

Come back with me

What's wrong?

Be careful

lt's true

You must not fool around

Director Qin

Thanks for waiting

Colonel Zhao

Thanks for coming

This is the person l told you about

Our battalion's hero

Volunteer soldier, Bronze Star for distinguished service

Flapjack

lt would be better to say

l'm the Central Plains Field Army's

Special 2nd Division

Captain Gu Zidi

l've come to report to Colonel Liu

This is Director Qin from the Chemical Defense Regiment

He is handling the cases associated

with the 139th Regiment

Comrade Gu

On behalf of the regiment's Political Officers

l welcome you

Your regiment is the same as the old 139th Regiment?

Not entirely

Our regiment now includes

Part of the Western Henan's Training Corps

And a part of the old 139th Regiment

We haven't been able to handle all of

the Regiment's cases

We checked the MlA name list from the Wen River mission

Your name was listed

Colonel Liu was transferred to

the Branch Military Cadre Academy

As the Deputy Commandant

After the Korean War started

He re entered combat duties

As Deputy Commander of the 280th Division

Gu.

Captain Gu

You are?

Me?

l'm Liangzi

l am managing the Memorial Cemetery here

You don't recognize my voice?

l was the regiment's Bugler

You twerp

You're still alive

During the fifth campaign

He led two infantry battalions

To cover the division's retreat

When it came time for our own retreat

lt was already too late

More than five hundred men died

Only thirty escaped alive

His back was blown apart

l had to carry him back

He was in the hospital for more

than half a month

But he didn't make it

Why not retreat earlier?

The transmitter had been destroyed

We never received the retreat order

We couldn't do anything about it

They could only keep pounding forward

He's one tough son of a b*tch

Trained by the old school

Stubborn ass

Liangzi

No one sent to the old mine survived

How did the Regiment evaluate this?

After the battle, Commissar Zhang

inspected the area himself

He couldn't find anyone, dead or alive

Everyone was listed as MlA

My ears belong on pigs

l never heard your assembly bugle call

Some troops heard it

But l never heard it

l've always felt guilty about this

But l never blew the assembly call

They all heard it

l never played it

Gu

l'll tell you one more time

l never played the assembly bugle call

Why not?

The Regiment suddenly received the order to retreat

At that time

You were in the old mine

Holding up a lot of the enemy

lf we ordered your retreat

The entire regiment may have been in serious trouble

Perhaps

Even wiped out by the enemy

Colonel Liu

Never ordered the assembly call to be sounded

You were afraid of being wiped out?

You were afraid of being wiped out?

What about us?

The 9th Company!

Gu

Liu!

Gu!

The Colonel felt terrible about this

Even on his death bed

He talked about nothing but you

l was with the Colonel for more than ten years

He was a good person!

Blame me instead

l never played the Assembly

Not for the Colonel nor for the 9th Company

l'm so sorry

Gu!

Liu!

The Colonel is dead

The Colonel is dead

You were afraid of being wiped out!

The entire 9th Company was wiped out!

Let me apologize for the Colonel

l am the only one left l beg you

Brothers of the 9th company

Colonel Liu offers his deepest apologies

l wish l was wiped out long ago

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