The Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death

“A war masterpiece. Iron blood will never die.”

In May 1951, the 63rd Army of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army arrives at Cheolwon to face four divisions of UN forces. Li Xiang (Zhu Yilong), Li Moyin (Xin Baiqing), and their men dig in for a grinding siege of attrition, each order pushing them closer to breaking. Chen Kaige watches the battle across dozens of lives, and what hangs in the balance is whether these volunteers can hold the line long enough to shift the war toward peace.