The Shimmering Red Star

This film (drama)Also known as闪闪的红星，is aMainland ChinaProducerbeauty live，At2007Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating9.0(For reference only)。

The story takes place in the early winter of 1932. In Jiangxi, the cradle of the Chinese revolution, there is a mountain village called Liu Xi, home to dozens of impoverished families... The story takes place in the early winter of 1932. In Jiangxi, the cradle of the Chinese revolution, there is a mountain village called Liu Xi, home to dozens of impoverished families. They have suffered under the exploitation and oppression of the tyrant Hu Hansan, living in dire conditions, facing hunger and cold! Eight-year-old Pan Dongzi is an ordinary child from a poor family. Together with his friend Chuan Yazi, he gazes daily at Nanshan, hoping for his father, who has joined the Red Army, to arrive in Liu Xi soon to eliminate Hu Hansan and avenge his grandmother and mother, who have been harmed by him. Upon learning that the Red Army is about to cross Nanshan, Hu Hansan becomes panic-stricken, preparing to flee in a hurry. Before leaving, he viciously threatens: "Even if I have to leave, I will kill Dongzi and his mother to eradicate the roots!" At the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village, Dongzi and his mother are tied up and hanging from the tree. Hu Hansan shouts in a harsh voice: "If any man from any family dares to join the Red bandits again, Pan's mother and son are done for! Fire!" Just at that critical moment, a squad of Red Army soldiers rushes into the village, surrounding the banyan tree. With nowhere to run, Hu Hansan and several of his minions surrender. Dongzi's father, Pan Xingyi, rushes over and cuts the ropes binding Dongzi and his mother. The Red Army marches into Liu Xi village, and the villagers, who have long endured servitude and exploitation under Hu Hansan, are filled with joy. Amid the sound of firecrackers, a wooden sign reading "Liu Xi Soviet Government" is hung in front of Hu's courtyard. The Red Guards are established in Liu Xi, and Dongzi's mother is elected as the chairwoman of the Women's Rescue Committee. Dongzi and Chuan Yazi's younger sister carry their school bags and join more than a dozen children from Liu Xi village to Lenin Primary School, where a young female Red Army soldier named Liu Qin serves as their teacher. The children also form a children's team holding red flags, and Dongzi, amidst the applause of his peers, wears the red armband of the children's team leader. Hu Hansan is imprisoned in his family's dungeon, with members of the Red Guards taking turns to guard him, waiting for the public trial meeting when the Liu Xi Soviet Government will publicly execute the villain Hu Hansan. However, due to Dongzi's friend Fatty's father, Luo Mazi, being a "traitor," Hu Hansan escapes from Liu Xi. While playing games with the children, Dongzi discovers Hu Hansan's escape and bravely fights him... Months pass, and autumn deepens. Pan Xingyi packs his bag and begins the fifth fierce counter-siege battle with the troops. To assist the Red Army on the front lines, all the men, women, and children of Liu Xi village are mobilized. In the Soviet government office in Hu's courtyard, people clear rooms and build a temporary Red Army hospital. Wu Xiuzhu leads a stretcher team in and out, transporting wounded soldiers evacuated from the front lines. Dongzi's mother leads the sisters to become caregivers, feeding the injured soldiers. Dongzi and his friends gather to discuss sending food to the Red Army uncles fighting in Beishan and against the white bandits. As the children climb through ditches and walk towards the deep mountains following the sound of gunfire, they suddenly come across a squad of white bandits trudging through the muddy valley. Clever and brave, Dongzi leads his friends to set up a "straw hat formation," startling the enemies and disrupting their plan to sneak attack the Red Army's rear, allowing the Red Army uncles to arrive in time and encircle and defeat the enemy in a great victory. Due to erroneous command from the leftist line, the fifth counter-siege fails. Just as Pan Xingyi is recovering from his leg injury and preparing to request to return to the front line, he receives an order from superiors to withdraw from the newly established Liu Xi base and strategically move north with the Central Red Army, beginning the grueling Long March of 25,000 miles. Liu Qin bids farewell to the children. To strengthen the Red Army's forces, the party organization decides to split Liu Xi's Red Guards into two parts: one part is incorporated into a squad of the Sixth Red Army, while the other forms a guerrilla detachment with a company from the Sixth Red Army, stationed locally to conduct guerrilla warfare. The scene of bidding farewell to the Red Army is both warm and tragic! Before parting, Pan Xingyi gives Dongzi and Chuan Yazi each a red five-pointed star. The news of the Red Army's secret withdrawal from Liu Xi quickly reaches Hu Hansan through undercover scouts from the Central Army. Sharpening his knives, Hu Hansan forms the "Homecoming Group" and returns to Liu Xi, beginning a frenzied and bloody retaliation. Upon entering the village, Hu Hansan sends out his henchmen in several directions to capture Dongzi's mother and Dongzi, as well as Grandfather Song and several other families of Red Army and Red Guards. A massacre unfolds in Liu Xi... After daylight, the surviving families of the Red Army scatter to avoid capture. Dongzi's mother and Grandfather Song decide to lead the wounded Red Army soldiers and take Dongzi and Chuan Yazi's younger sister up the mountain to find the guerrilla unit, and they remain at the guerrilla camp. Dongzi's mother's application for party membership is approved by the organization. The day after her admission, in the dead of night, she stealthily enters Liu Xi to secretly organize the masses to provide supplies to the soldiers on the mountain. Due to Luo Mazi's betrayal to the revolution and siding with Hu Hansan, as the enemy approaches for a siege, Dongzi's mother heroically sacrifices herself to protect the masses from danger!