# Cliff Walkers (2021)

> Four Communist agents confront betrayal, occupation, and lethal surveillance during a snowbound covert mission in 1930s Manchukuo.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/449858

## Facts

- Runtime: 120 min
- Genres: Drama, Action, Mystery
- Director: Zhang Yimou
- Cast: Zhang Yi, Yu Hewei, Qin Hailu, Zhu Yawen, Liu Haocun, Ni Dahong, Li Naiwen, Yu Ailei
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11448076/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: paranoid, foreboding, tense, historical thriller night, spy movie marathon

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