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Feng Xiaogang is perhaps China’s most clever commercial movie director. He hasn’t directed one movie that failed to make a handsome profit in recent years, including Assembly in 2007, If You Are the One in 2008 and Aftershock in 2010. 冯小刚也许是中国最精明的商业片导演了。近年来他所执导的影片步步卖座，从未失手，包括2007年的《集结号》、2008年的《非诚勿扰》以及2010年的《唐山大地震》。 For some, Feng may be too commercial at times – product placement in his movies is often conspicuous and has even become a laughing stock. 对于一些人而言，冯小刚有时太过商业化了——他影片中的植入广告往往十分显眼，甚至这已经成为了一个笑柄。 But with his new epic Back to 1942, Feng might avoid such criticism. 而凭借最新史诗巨制《一九四二》，冯小刚导演或许可以摆脱这些骂名。 Based on a novel by Liu Zhenyun, Back to 1942 tells the true story of the devastating Henan province famine that claimed more than 3 million lives in 1942, a time when China was engaged in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-1945). 该片根据刘震云小说改编而成，讲述了一个真实的故事——1942年正值中国人民的抗日战争（1937-1945年），河南省遭遇严重饥荒，超过300万人丧生。 This historic background provides the perfect material to create a blockbuster movie. And Feng is no stranger to using exciting elements, such as devastating natural disasters (as seen in Aftershock) and thrilling battle scenes (as seen in Assembly). | 
