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Audio Format: DD 2.0 Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround Video Format: Widescreen 2.35:1 Languages: Mandarin Subtitles: English, Korean, Chinese Region Code: ALL Year Made: 2001 Running Time: 116
 PURPLE SUNSET unfolds in August 1945, just after the atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki. The USSR declares war on Japan and sends several brigades to engage troops the enemy has stationed in Inner Mongolia. Saved mere seconds from execution by a Russian incursion, Chinese prisoner Yang (Fu Dalong) hooks up with female Russian soldier Najia (Anna Dzenilalova) and her male counterpart, who have been separated from their unit following a skirmish. Shortly thereafter, they capture a young Japanese girl, Akiyok (Chie Mieta), who knowingly leads them into a minefield. The man is killed and Najia wants to eliminate their prisoner but Yang cannot bring himself to do it, despite being tormented by memories of his mistreatment at the hands of the invaders. A crashing Japanese warplane touches off a fast moving blaze and the three are saved only by Akiyok's last minute thinking. In the process, the girl accidentally reveals that she can speak Chinese. A resident of China since the age of four, Akiyok was sent to Japan by her father to escape the fighting. However, when her love was forced into the service, she volunteered and ended up right back where she started. After several days in the unending bush they encounter signs of civilization but find no immediate answers to their principal dilemma.
World War II is coming to an end; the last remnants of Japanese forces are peppered across Mainland China, continuing their slaughter of countless Chinese villagers. Yang, a young farmer, narrowly escapes execution when a Soviet battalion liberates the camp where he is imprisoned. Horrified and scarred from witnessing the slaughter of his countrymen, Yang is escorted by the Soviets, where Japanese forces soon attack them. One of two survivors, the other being a female medic named Narja, they take a young Japanese girl named Aki hostage. All three, with extreme language barriers, must brave the elements and gun fodder as they trek across the Chinese countryside to safety, unbeknownst to them that the war is winding down with Japan's surrender in a matter of days.
With a $600,000 budget, director Xiaoning Feng, astonishingly stages epic battle sequences, on land, sea, and air. With cooperation from Russia and China, the usage of real military vehicles and equipment lends the film great authenticity in the restaging of the war. Production values aside, the most astonishing feat comes from the three principals, all non-actors.
A striking film with a deep anti-war message, the film is actually the third chapter in director Feng's WWII trilogy. The film's title, PURPLE SUNSET, signifies the downfall of the Ored sun', the symbol of Imperial Japan. The final moments are thought provoking, especially when the end credits roll with total death tolls; you never disbelieve it for a second.
Near the end of World War II, during a harsh winter season, a Soviet Army unit enters China and engages Japanese troops in a big battle.
When the fighting is over there are only three survivors: one Russian soldier, one Chinese soldier and one Japanese soldier. Stuck in deep snow in a forest far from civilization, the three survivors are forced to band together in order to keep alive. Together, they depart on a long and danger-filled journey.
Feng Xiaoning, Director
Born in Jiangsu Province in November 1954, Feng graduated from the Art Design Department of the Beijing Film Academy in 1982 along with the internationally renowned fifth generation directors such as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige. He worked for China's Children Film Studio as an art designer after the initial years of graduation. Later, he becomes a director famous for war films. His recent work is the critically acclaimed film "Purple Sunset" (2001).
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