Original subtitles

Sparkling Red Star

Everybody has his childhood.

My childhood

began with oppressions and

was spent in the class struggle.

That was troubles 1931

which was more than 40 years ago

when I was 7 years old.

It was then heard from grown-up people that

the Red Army lead by Chairman Mao of

the Communist Party had led a revolution in Lanshan

and was leaving for my hometown.

Dongzi!

Hey, Chun Yazi, come on!

Listen? So close!

Maybe they would be here today

That's great!

Dongzi

Do you know why they are called the Red Army&

Is it because the Red Army is red...

As said by my father

it's because there's a red star on the hat of the Red Army

Whatever it is to lead revolutions

to overthrow the landlords

to cast down the bad man named Hu Hansan

and to safeguard our under people.

It's good for them to be here

We'll no longer be requested to pay rents

It's time to avenge Hu Hansan

for killing my grandfather

Dongzi!

Dad!

Dad, where are you going?

It's beyond your business.

I know it

Dad, you are to receive the Red Army right

When will the Red Army come?

None of your business

You'll know the answer before long

Go home once you finish chopping

Your Dad must be to receive the Red Army

The Red Army comes here soon please

Once the Red Army comes

they will catch the Landlord Hu Hansan

Dongzi

Look

Oh! God damn it!

Are you all blind?

Milord! Milord!

Pan Xingyi has run away

Where will that guy be in such a small village?

Go and search him all around with some people

Milord, we'd better go in a hurry

Once they come well

What are you saying?

We must catch Pan Xingyi

before our going!

He is always the bane

Milord, he is the son of Pan Xingyi!

Where has your father gone?

I don't know

I will let you confess

Hang him up!

Go, go!

Tell us!

Tell us, where your father has gone

Hu Hansan is beating him

Dongzi!

Mum!

Pour boy

How can you beat him? Stop beating!

Stop beating! Stop beating!

Are you ready for rebellion before the Red Army comes?

Remember, I am the head of here

before my leaving!

The Red Army comes!

The Red Army comes! The Red Army comes!

Mum, the Red Army, the Red Army!

There! Go!

The Red Army!

Dad!

My boy

Remember the army led by Chairman Mao saved you

Chairman Mao

Uncle Red Army!

Go!

Is this for me, Dad?

You'd be armed as one of the Boy Scout

The Boy Scout isn't as good as your Red Troop

with guns

With different arms but same commission

to annihilate enemies and safeguard the new regime

Yes, sir!

Grandpa Song!

I'm going to school

Fine, study hard!

Uncle Song

Such a good boy

Hey, how about playing Beating Landlords?

OK, you act as landlord

and are bind and paraded through the village

No way!

Well, who should be the Landlord?

Who should be the Landlord?

The fattest one!

Chun Yazi! Chun Yazi! Chun Yazi!

Chun Yazi acts as landlord!

The Landlord? The bad man?

No way!

Ran away! Ran away!

You two go that way, I go this way

Come here! Come here! He is running away!

Dongzi! Dongzi!

What's going on?

Hurry up! Hu Hansan has run away!

Sly Hu Hansan had run away.

In the year of 1933

this lackey came back

together with his master

and avenged the people in the Red Base

at the time of the 5th besiegement

conducted by the army of Kuomintang

against our Central Revolution Base.

Mum, listen? This one must be Dad's1

Mum, did you heard that? So silvery!

Mum can't tell that

Go and be careful on sentry

Dongzi!

Chun Yazi!

Ki-ki killed

-Hu Hansan? -With higher rank

-What? -A colonel of the army

Who did this?

Our Liuxi Red troop of course

It's heard that your father fought back tough for 3 days

in associate with the main Red army

The superior sang the praises of them

Mum, did you hear that?

Our Liuxi Red troop gets victories!

Got it

-Dongzi's Mum -Uncle Song

Dongzi's Mum

Uncle

Something happened in your family

Go back home

Be on sentry for me

Grandpa Song

Where was wounded?

Here

Never mind it. Not bad.

Dad!

The Boy Scout doesn't cry

We all have the maybe to be wounded in battles

Captain Pan

The bullet should be taken out

Just do it. How can it be twain my legs

Just one left

What?

Anesthetic

It has no use for me.

Keep it for solders with grievous bodily harm

and for comrades in great need.

Captain Pan

What you got isn't just a flesh wound

How stiff you are

How strong I am

Captain Pan

Comrade

Don't lose time for this

Come on

Dongzi ,go outside to play for a while

Go

Good boy

Go

Uncle Wu

Are you afraid?

My Dad is not afraid neither am I

Good. No matter how hard and difficult it is

it will be afraid of you once you aren't afraid of it

Taken out

Dad, I would attack the enemies after my grow-up

let them be wounded with grievous bodily harm

and revenge for you!

Just revenge for me

My boy

It's not the enmity of just one person

Look what is this?

A bullet

From where?

The enemies

The enemies shoot us

and bleed us

because they want to take our base away.

Only after we destroy the enemies all over the country

the suffering people could be

the owner of this country forever.

My Dad entered the main Red Army

with a number of members of the Red Troop

after his recovery

and devoted himself to the 5th Anti-besiegement

How brave the soldiers of the Red Army

and the revolutionary people are

in the battles for safeguarding the Red Regime

However I don't know

why the battles became more and more difficult

and the base became smaller and smaller

Our main Red Army was ready to withdraw

from the Central Base

in the autumn of 1934

It's heard that you will go far away right

Yeah, far away.

Never worry about me

I am one of the Party and lead revolutions wherever I am

What I worry about is that after the Red Army's leaving

Hu Hansan would must be back with his followings

and you must be living more difficultly.

I don't care the difficulties.

But I really can't image

what the life would be like

when the people here

lose the good days obtained difficultly

and suffer again

when Hu Hansan comes.

Take it easy. After the mail Red Army's leaving

the Party and the guerillas are still here

to lead revolutions.

Have you handed in your Application for Entering the Party?

That's good

Our Party will get a new member

If only the Party was here we would

keep holding our own

even how difficult the life is

We will get the good life back

when you come back here.

The life will be much better

when we come back here.

What will it be?

At that time

the landlords would have been overthrown

and our poor people will be liberated

and build our socialist and even communist.

To succeed in the revolution

and let the generation as Dongzi

have the good life like that

our tribulations are really worthy.

Dongzi's Mum!

The child will depend on you

after my leaving.

Children are buds of the revolution.

You must let him follow the Party

and the request of revolution.

Why are you still no sleeping?

Dad!

I'll grow up fast after you leaving

I'd like to ware the cap with this red star after my growing up

and be a soldier of the Red Army like you.

Dongzi's Mum, hear that?

There will be a new soldier in our family.

It's good to have this ambition

My boy! Dad is leaving

Keep this red star

Whenever you meet difficulties

and miss the Red Army take a look on it

With its direction

you a member of the Boy Scout

will must grow up to be a soldier of the Red Army.

Dad!

Dad left and the Red Army left.

Many year later I know that

this long march of the Red Army

was attribute to the third Left Deviationist Line

which opposed the lead of Chairman Mao

and usurp Chairman Mao's rights on command.

As a result

the 5th besiegement was not crushed

and

the Central Base established by Chairman Mao

was given up by force.

-Uncle! -Dongzi's Mum, hurry up

Hu Hansan is coming

Go! Go!

Go! Go!

Mum! Hu Hansan!

Hi everybody!

You must have not imaged that I Hu Hansan am back

I'm still the head of Liuxi!

Whatever you took from my house must be sent back

Whatever you ate you must pay back to me!

Things you owed to me

will be counted later.

Milord!

Pan Xingyi has run away!

What? Pan Xingyi has run away?

He may run, but he still has the family

He still has the son

He still has the wife

Nobody can escape!

Hu Hansan was back

and the enemies were back.

The victories and happy life we obtained

under the direction of Chairman Mao's revolution line

was forfeited by the wrong line.

Mum, only we two was left?

No, there're still many people

here with us.

Where are they?

Our Party is still here

and our Red Army will come back.

Mum, when will Dad be back?

Mum!

My boy, do you still remember the song?

Till the spring comes

and the azaleas blossom on the mountain

your father should be back with others.

Dongzi!

Uncle Wu!

Finally you are back!

Boy, I haven't left here.

What? Missing your father?

Mum said my Dad and the Red Army would be back

till the azaleas blossom in the spring.

The Red Army will must be back.

That's great!

What will you answer

when the Red Army come back

and your Dad ask you

what you did after his leaving

Dongzi?

Will you say "Dad, I am just waiting for you"

won't you?

You'd be not only waiting, boy

We should fight against the enemies

Fight!

Although Hu Hansan is terrible

he can't live for long.

If only we keep fighting and overthrow the enemies

the spring referred by your Mum will come.

and the flowers of victory will bloom

Go.

Follow the constitution and obey the rules

Follow the constitution and obey the rules.

Perform the command and keep the secrets

Perform the command and keep the secrets.

Be ready to die and be faithful to the Party forever

Be ready to die and be faithful to the Party forever.

Keep struggling for the career of communist

Keep struggling for the career of communist.

Comrade!

You become a member of the Chinese Communist Party

from now on.

It's so proud to be a party member

during this most difficult time.

Mum!

Boy! Mom become a party member now

I decide to devote myself to the Party

and do what the Party want me to do.

Mom, I am a child of the Party since you are a party member

I will do what the Party want me to do

Comrade, hear what he said?

Our struggles become more confident

So do I

What a good boy!

Dongzi, although it is winter now

but the coldest days has passed

and the spring you expect is coming

The superior has communicated

the command from the Party Central and Chairman Mao

which said the Party Central hold the Zunyi Meeting

in Guizhou Province in this January and corrected

the mistakes made by the Left Deviationist Line.

From now on Chairman Mao become the leader

of our Party and our Red Army again

Boy, did you hear that?

Chairman Mao!

Chairman Mao led our Red Army

won big victories in Guizhou

and turned the bad situation

made by the Left Deviationist Line

and the Red Army is going ahead successfully.

How about here?

Here Chairman Mao has thought about us

Chairman Mao and the Party Central command us

to mobilize all the people

be confident to the victories and take bush fighting

to strike the enemies.

Old Wu!

How happy the people will be

when they hear this news.

We'd rather let them know as soon as possible

this news from the Party Central and Chairman Mao

Here I go.

-Mum, I want to go there too -Boy, wait here

Mum will be back in a couple of days

No! Uncle Wu said we can't wait

Grandpa, I'm not cold lam so hot in heart

So good

Our Party is so kind to the people

and send your Mum here

And me!

Yeah, and you.

Thus the people received the direction of Chairman Mao

It's like the spring breeze blows this village

and our base would be prosperous again

Grandpa, look!

Hurry to tell your Mum

Mum, the enemies are coming!

You go to the mountain back! -Hurry up

Uncle, you lead the people to the mountain back

I will cover you

No! You go with the kid

Uncle, this's the request of the Party

Hurry up! Boy! Go with Grandpa Song

Mum, you?

Mom is a party member and will never let people suffer loses

The Party needs Mom to do like this

I'm the Child of the Party

The Party needs children.

Go with Grandpa Song and others.

Mom! -Poppet, follow the command of the Party

Hurry up!

Colonel! Some people went to the mountain back

Go after them! Hurry up!

Colonel, somebody is in the house!

Hurry and surround it

Back! Come back! Surround the house!

Go out!

You have no other way!

Go!

It's Dongzi's Mum

Burn her to death!

Burn!

Uncle Song! Uncle Song!

Grandpa! Mom is a party member

and will never let people suffer loses

It's what my mother said!

Uncle Wu!

Take me! I want to be a Red Army soldier

Good boy

The battle will begin soon

Dongzi and you should stay here now

No, I want to go with you

Stay here

Grandpa Song, the battle begins

Uncle Song! -Old Wu, has Hu Hansan been caught?

What a pity! Hu Hansan

went to the town for aids last night.

Old Wu, our little Dongzi

did a great thing today

Look

Where is little Dongzi?

He was here a second ago.

Go

Dongzi, Uncle Wu comes.

Everybody!

Not long ago

a member of the Communist Party

communicated here

the truth of revolution

and the directions from the Party to us

by her blood.

One soldier dies

and hundreds of people become soldiers

Comrades,

let's take up the arms

to take bush fighting strike the enemies

and to get our Red Regime back!

We will get victories at last!

Old Wu,

give us gun! Give us gun!

Block the mountain! Block the mountain!

The sky is our house and the earth is our bed

Potherbs and wild fruits are my foods

No matter how difficult it is

the Red Army is still struggling on the mountain

Good

With this spirit

we will insist our struggle

even Hu Hansan blocked the mountain

and wanted us be cold and hungry to death.

At present we have many difficulties

There is a little salt left here

People become limp

and can't take battles without salts

Is this hard?

Hard but I don't fear hardness!

That's right

Difficulties bully the weak and fear the strong.

Two years ago

a comrade was wounded

and should be operated to take the bullet out

But there is one anesthetic left

He was then operated without anesthetic

That's my Dad!

Yes

We should have this spirit

to revolution

and struggle to difficulties.

We shouldn't be afraid of hardness

besides death.

Those people who don't fear any hardness

will become a soldier of the Red Army.

Dongzi

This is for you

Drink it in a hurry. -Captain

Someone comes from the foot of the mountain. -Good

You should drink it all

Hurry up

Uncle time for meal

What's the situation at the foot of the mountain?

Hu Hansan became the colonel of Safeguard Corps

and got a battalion of soldiers

from his boss.

That's good.

More enemies we attract

more difficulties reduced for the main Red Army.

How atrocious Hu Hansan is

Checking towns uniting villages and blocking mountains

Setting gates and blockhouse everywhere

Nothing can be sent here

and the people are so anxious

for your hardness here.

Uncle

We bother the villagers much

Hu Hanshan blocked the mountain

Pay attation

Pay attation.

Here is the direction from the Party Central

that to crush enemies plan of blocking the mountain

the troops

would be sent to other counties for a period.

Since you will struggle in other counties

and Dongzi is so little

let me take care of him.

I think so

Let him be taught by you

and study exercise

and learn more

in the school of struggles.

We should give a revolutionary soldier to Old Pan

when we see him

lam unit

Our Dongzi is a little eagle

not a chicken.

You old man

should not always hide him under your wings

Dongzi

Dongzi

Hey

Do me a favor

-Come on -OK

Look who is here

Grandpa Song

Dongzi

We go together after a while

Where?

Go to the foot of the mountain with Grandpa

Uncle Wu will take bush fighting

at a place far away from here.

I want to go with Uncle Wu and take bush fighting

at a place far away from here.

Dongzi

I have grown up

and I have power!

You don't believe us Have a try

Come on. Harder

Sure you are stronger and taller

But does the revolutionary thought

increase inside here?

Come here

Let Grandpa check

Have a try. Can you move it?

Don't downgrade this small bucket

It's so heavy

There's our regime

and the hearts of the people in it

Come on. Open it

Salts?

People can't live without salt can we

Grandpa, let's go

OK

Come on. Ware it.

We also take your textbook

Study hard

Remember, I will check

when we meet next time.

Old Wu, you're acting as his father and mother

No. The Party is his father and mother

Dongzi, take the bucket. -Yes

Go!

Hurry up! Go!

Keep away! Keep away!

Sands cover one fifth of this cup of rice

What's going on

Come here! Hurry up!

Go

Attention!

Keep away! Keep away! Keep away!

At ease!

Go

Stop!

See it? These evil people

are helping the Communist Party in secret

You must interrogate and examine vary carefully

Vary carefully! Yes! Go!

Bad boy Bad boy Come here

Hurry up! Go!

Go

Come here

Go

Stop!

Come Here You should pay for it! Pay for it!

Pay for it! Pay for it! -What are you doing?

Boy, boy, let's go go

Hurry up!

Boy, don't give up

It's better that we are alright

Let's think another way

Go

Uncle Song

Look

Good boy

You have grown up

Good

Who is that?

Uncle Wu

-Uncle Wu! -Dongzi!

You are taller

-Old Wu! -Uncle!

Why do you come here?

Nothing important

Soldiers have got the salts obtained by Dongzi

and ask me to say thanks.

Uncle, not to me!

Grandpas grandmas uncles and aunts devoted them

-Yes? -Yes!

Go

to bring some water to the uncle on sentry

Old Wu

You are right

He is really a little eagle

Yes

We should him fly alone

because he has grown up

What happens?

Since the enemies can't block us in the mountain

they will sent armies here

to search the mountain thoroughly.

Then you may come out from the mountain

People are badly persecuted by Hu Hansan

and are all expecting you soldiers -That's right

We are ready to relieve with enemies

and struggle inside the enemy's area

to cooperate with other Red troops.

Watch the best moments

and overthrow the landlord Hu Hansan

Good! That's great!

Overthrowing Hu Hansan

is a good thing to our poor people

So

I want to send Dongzi to Yaowan Town

Yaowan Town?

Maoyuan Rice Store

in the town

is looking for an apprentice.

The boss is responsible for

gathering rice for enemies.

We can get details from there

when Dongzi and Chun Yazi are sent there

and gather more information.

But he is so little!

He is so little

for you, old man.

Good steel is from fire and sharp knife is from stone

Children will all grow up.

After all

you will help him much

Then...

Then let him fly

Uncle Wu!

The uncle on sentry said

you had a lot of victories.

But you haven't told me anything about it

They're also your victories

Here you are

What?

Didn't you said you would check with me?

Boy!

I have already checked

You have graduated here

The Party will send you to a new school

where new texts and new struggles

are waiting for you.

I will do what the Party wants me to do

Name?

Guo Zhenshan

Nickname?

Little Shanzi

Age?

Twelve

Listen to me, Little Shanzi

you must never

steal anything

from here.

The landlady let me ask Little Shanzi to do something

Go

Boss

Please

Shanzi!

Little Shanzi!

No more! No more rice! No more! Sold out!

Little Shanzi!

Come to lock the door rapidly instead of watching there

No more rice! No more! No more!

No more rice! No more! No more!

Go to put up the board

Knock at the door! Beat him!

Why don't the boss sell the rice though he has plenty of it?

He must wants to raise up the prise

Such a bad boss!

So boring here

No familiars, no red stars

no singing and no Beating Landlords.

When will we fight against the enemies

with Uncle Wu? That'll be great!

What did you say?

We are also fighting here.

Oh. Dongzi

Guo Zhenshan

You just said that

Chairman Mao had led the Red Army to Shanbei

Is Shanbei large?

Yes

Uncle Wu said that

it is larger than our former Central Base.

There is Yan'an in Shanbei

where Chairman Mao lives

Yan'an...

Your father may see Chairman Mao in Yan'an

Sure of course!

That's great!

It would be so great

if we got two wings

as eagles

and flied north and north

to Yan'an.

Maybe

Chairman Mao would give us guns.

Do you know

whether Chairman Mao knows us or not?

Yes!

He even knows about

what our names are

and what we did.

Thus we should work hard.

How can we face Chairman Mao

without any achievements?

Yes

We should help Uncle Wu

to overthrow Hu Hansan

and to kill

all of the enemies!

Take back our Red Base!

At that time

We will go to Yan'an

and visit Chairman Mao with our Red Star.

Please! Please!

Take a seat. Take a seat.

Boss Shen!

This batch of food supplies is for soldiers

It's the office business undertaken by Colonel Hu

and there should be nothing wrong on it

Yes. Yes.

After this changing hands Maoyuan Rice Store

must gain much money from it

Adjutant Sun, never mind it

You will must get your part

How many soldiers will go to search the mountain?

Just give a number so that I can prepare for them

This is a military secret.

Listen to me

a battalion of soldiers and two companies of safeguards.

They need a lot of food supplies

How about the safeguards in the town?

They also need food supplies

No problem

Only twenty to thirty person will be left in this town

at the time of searching.

When will they need the food supplies?

The troops will leave for the mountain early tomorrow morning

and the food supplies should be followed.

OK

I will lade them midnight and start tomorrow

How many soldiers will go to search the mountain?

A battalion of soldiers

and two companies of safeguards.

Only twenty to thirty person will be left in this town.

When will troops leave for the mountain? -Tomorrow morning

Have you finished it?

So good

Just like that of those teachers

Did you learn it on the mountain?

Liu Laizi, Little Shanzi! Come here to carry rice

Little Shanzi! Go to carry rice! Hurry up!

Hurry up! -So sleepy

Send this message to Grandpa Song in a hurry

We should finish off these food supplies -How?

We will think about it when you are back

Great!

Selling rice! Selling rice! Selling rice!

Go! Hurry up! Hurry!

Why do you close the door to sell rice?

Open the door Open the door Open the door

Open the door!

No more rice! No more rice! Why do you knock the door?

Little Shanzi Little Shanzi Lock the door

Open the door Open the door Open the door

The rice has already been shipped

and is ready to start. -Really?

I saw it

Hear that?

How bad he is to carry the rice secretly

instead of selling to us.

He want us be hungry to death!

Go to catch him

Just one word

costs my ten thousand kilograms of rice! My God!

Who did this?

Dongzi did it! Dongzi did it!

Old Wu

The enemies have stated this morning

Good

Let those soldiers of Kuomintang search in the mountain

Let's go to the town

and overthrow Hu Hansan's home

Yes! Yes! Go! Good!

Get ready

Cheers! Cheers!

Come on. Help yourself.

More wine

Thus ten thousand kilograms of rice

was over ill a moment.

It's such a little thing for your rice store.

But it really matters

because you have affected the searching

Colonel Hu! Come on. More wine.

Help yourself

Did you investigate the rice-robbing?

I have reported to the police

What can they do?

This doesn't look like genetic robbing

Maybe

it is led by the guerilla of the Communist Party

Colonel Hu! Please. Please.

Give it to me.

I'm afraid that Hu Hansan would recognize you -No

Little Shanzi, dishes!

Come on Help yourself

Come on

Colonel Hu! Please. Please.

This little guy where are you from? -Here

Yes, he lives here.

His home is near the town

Not far from here. Please. Please.

You should keep eyes on these people

Please check thoroughly

in your store

Yes. Yes.

I am already to help

Thanks a lot. Please. Please.

What's your name?

Guo Zhenshan

Where do you come from?

Guo Jia Jian

How long is it from here to there?

Five miles

Come on. Please. Please. Help yourself.

Colonel Hu! Help yourself.

Colonel Hu! What's wrong with your hand?

It was bite by a little guy

Come on. Come on. Help yourself.

Cheers!

Pan Dongzi! Come back!

Is your mother home?

No

Dead?

No, alive.

How about your father?

He is in

-What's your father? -Butcher

Also a soldier

What's your name?

Guo Zhenshan

No! You must be Pan Dongzi!

Your father's name is Pan Xingyi

Your mother was burnt to death

Right?

Guo Zhenshan, your Mum is here to visit you!

Go

Hurry up

You should go in a hurry Once Hu Hansan wake up

I won't let him live to tomorrow

before my leaving.

Then I'm here with you!

No!

You should go to visit Grandpa Song in a hurry

Ask him to tell Uncle Wu

that our soldiers should attack the town

once here became disordered.

-You? -Hurry up! This is a battle!

Tell Grandpa Song that lam a good child of the Party

and don't worry about me.

Hurry up! Hurry!

-Help! -Where are you going?

You!

It's me - a Red Army soldier Pan Dongzi!

Dongzi!

Grandpa Song! I killed Hu Hansan!

Good! So great!

Go to look for Uncle Wu

Hurry up!

During the class struggle

we experienced a cold winter

and a spring came.

Due to the victories of the People's United Line

of Anti-Japanese led by Chairman Mao

our guerilla of the Red Army struggling in the South China

was ready to move to the front of Anti-Japanese

under the instruction of the Party Central.

Our families would be back

from Yan'an where Chairman Mao lived.

Uncle Wu!

Do you still remember that?

What?

My Mum said that

till the azaleas blossom

our Red Army and my Dad would be back.

I also remember that

you wanted to be a soldier of the Red Army

with this red star on your cap

like your Dad, right?

Yes!

When?

Now

Now?

Come on. Wear it.

Attention!

-Dad! -Dongzi!

Old Pan!

Old Wu!

I can hardly recognize him

Yes

He was still a child when you left

But now he is a soldier of the Red Army

Dad!

I have kept this star

all these years.

Then

Uncle Wu put this star

on your cap?

No

He put this star

on his heart himself.

All these years

the red star enlightened him

and he never gave up,

old Pan.

Boy! Remember

You are brought up by the Party.

There're a long way to go for you.

From now on you should notice

before you make a move

that if you are consistent with

the revolutionary line of Chairman Mao