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Quick Info

Rating

7.1/10

Release2010

Runtime2h 15m

StatusReleased

Budget$25,000,000

Revenue$100,297,064

Production

China Film Group Corporation

JCE Movies

Huayi Brothers Pictures

Media Asia Films

Movie

Aftershock

2010

2h 15m

7.1

Drama

Synopsis

The epic story of a family separated as a result of the Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976. Based on the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976 that took the lives of 240,000 people.

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