The First President

The First President (Chinese: 第一大总统) is a 2011 Chinese biographical film directed by Wang Caitao, produced by Han Sanping, and starring Qiu Xinzhi, Nie Mei, Liu Jing, Han Geng, Tian Liang, Johnny Zhang, Xiong Naijin and He Jie. The film is about the life of Sun Yat-sen, founding father of Kuomintang and president of the Republic of China.^[1]

The First President
Film poster
Traditional Chinese	第一大总统
Simplified Chinese	第一大總統
Hanyu Pinyin	Dìyī Dàzǒngtǒng
Directed by	Wang Caitao
Written by	Wang Chaozhu
Produced by	Han Sanping
Starring	Qiu Xinzhi Nie Mei Liu Jing Han Geng Tian Liang Johnny Zhang Xiong Naijin He Jie
Cinematography	Shao Dan
Music by	Su Cong
Distributed by	China Film Association China Film Co., Ltd. Sanheng Yishu Screen Media ( Beijing ) Co., Ltd.
Release date	30 September 2011 (2011-09-30)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin

Plot

In 1912, Sun Yat-sen was elected provisional president of the Republic of China. Yuan Shikai, a warlord leaded up to the abdication of the last Qing Emperor Puyi, and became president of the Republic of China. At this time, Sun Yat-sen went to Japan. And Song Jiaoren formed the Parliament and pushed the republican system into practice, finally, Song Jiaoren was assassinated. After Sun Yat-sen received the news, he also returned to China and organized the Second Revolution...

Cast

Main

• Qiu Xinzhi as Sun Yat-sen, provisional president of the Republic of China.^[2]
• Nie Mei as Song Qingling, wife of Sun Yat-sen.

Supporting

• Liu Jing as Zhou Enlai
• Han Geng as Hu Hanmin, founding member of Kuomintang.^[3]
• Johnny Zhang as Chiang Kai-shek
• Xiong Naijin as Soong Ai-ling^[4]
• Liu Xiaofeng as Wang Jingwei
• Tiger Hu as Lin Zhimian, democratic revolutionist.^[5]
• Li Sheng as Empress Dowager Longyu
• Duan Junhao as Zhu Zhuowen, democratic revolutionist.
• Zhang Qiuge as Yuan Shikai
• Tian Liang as Song Jiaoren^[6]
• Yao Jude as Huang Xing
• Zhu Hu as Dai Jitao
• Ju Hao as Zhao Bingjun
• Ling Xiaosu as Li Liejun
• Zhou Yiwei as Chen Jiongming
• He Minghan as Ma Xiang, captain of the guards of Sun Yat-sen.^[7]
• Liu Yuqi as Yin Weijun
• Jiang Ping as Li Dazhao
• Cao Bingkun as Yuan Keding, son of Yuan Shikai.^[8]
• Xu Zhengting as Song Yaoru
• Wang Ji [zh] as Ni Guizhen
• Yu Na as Xu Zonghan
• Wang Yan as He Xiangning^[9]
• Tan Yaowen as Duan Qirui
• Bao Jianfeng as Doctor^[10]
• Ju Wenpei as Shi Qing, associate editor of Ta Kung Pao.
• Qin Hao as Zhang Ji^[11]
• Collin Chou as Chen Qimei
• Zhang Songwen as Ye Ju
• Zhang Yeshi as Yu Youren
• Wang Xiaohu as Tan Renfeng
• Hang Qi as Sun Fo

Release

The film was released on September 30, 2011 in China.