The Black Cannon Incident

Name: The Black Cannon Incident
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1985-01-02
Duration: 1 h 39 min
Cast: Liu Zifeng, Gao Ming, Yang Fengliang, Yang Yazhou

黑炮事件

1985 · 1h 39m · Comedy, Drama · China

I'm done with chess. For good.

A mining engineer acting as a technical translator is suspected of industrial espionage after sending an innocent telegram that is intercepted by a militant snoop. Placed under investigation and reassigned to a less sensitive department, but never informed of the reason for his demotion, he petitions to get his job back, sparking an increasingly obtuse series of Party meetings.

Directed by

Huang Jianxin

Written by

Zhang Xianliang

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Liu Zifeng, Gao Ming, Yang Fengliang, Yang Yazhou

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