LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — Chinese espionage thriller “Hidden Blade” will open on Friday in a restricted theatrical launch in North America.
The much-anticipated WWII spy drama will probably be launched by Well Go USA Entertainment in Mandarin with English subtitles in over 60 chosen theaters in 31 cities throughout the United States and Canada, together with Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Boston, Seattle, Honolulu, Toronto and Vancouver.
Directed by Cheng Er, the movie stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Wang Yibo, Huang Lei and Zhou Xun amongst others.
“Hidden Blade” glorifies a gaggle of brave Chinese who’ve developed a top-secret underground espionage community proper below the nostril of the newly established puppet regime on the peak of China’s War of Resistance towards Japanese Aggression (1931-1945).
The movie is a field workplace hit in the course of the week-long Spring Festival vacation in China earlier this yr. The movie has grossed 887 million yuan (round 129 million U.S. {dollars}) so far since its launch on Jan. 22, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, in accordance with the field workplace information compiled by Maoyan, a Chinese movie-ticketing and movie information platform.
The movie at the moment boasts a ranking of 9.1 factors out of 10 on the Maoyan platform from over 390,000 viewers.