Sparkling Red Star (Shan shan de hong xing)

Sparkling Red Star

Everybody has his childhood.

My childhood

began with oppressions and

was spent in the class struggle.

That was troubles 1931

which was more than 40 years ago

when I was 7 years old.

It was then heard from grown-up people that

the Red Army lead by Chairman Mao of

the Communist Party had led a revolution in Lanshan

and was leaving for my hometown.

Dongzi!

Hey, Chun Yazi, come on!

Listen? So close!

Maybe they would be here today

That's great!

Dongzi

Do you know why they are called the Red Army&

Is it because the Red Army is red...

As said by my father

it's because there's a red star on the hat of the Red Army

Whatever it is to lead revolutions

to overthrow the landlords

to cast down the bad man named Hu Hansan

and to safeguard our under people.

It's good for them to be here

We'll no longer be requested to pay rents

It's time to avenge Hu Hansan

for killing my grandfather

Dongzi!

Dad!

Dad, where are you going?

It's beyond your business.

I know it

Dad, you are to receive the Red Army right

When will the Red Army come?

None of your business

You'll know the answer before long

Go home once you finish chopping

Your Dad must be to receive the Red Army

The Red Army comes here soon please

Once the Red Army comes

they will catch the Landlord Hu Hansan

Dongzi

Look

Oh! God damn it!

Are you all blind?

Milord! Milord!

Pan Xingyi has run away

Where will that guy be in such a small village?

Go and search him all around with some people

Milord, we'd better go in a hurry

Once they come well

What are you saying?

We must catch Pan Xingyi

before our going!

He is always the bane

Milord, he is the son of Pan Xingyi!

Where has your father gone?

I don't know

I will let you confess

Hang him up!

Go, go!

Tell us!

Tell us, where your father has gone

Hu Hansan is beating him

Dongzi!

Mum!

Pour boy

How can you beat him? Stop beating!

Stop beating! Stop beating!

Are you ready for rebellion before the Red Army comes?

Remember, I am the head of here

before my leaving!

The Red Army comes!

The Red Army comes! The Red Army comes!

Mum, the Red Army, the Red Army!

There! Go!

The Red Army!

Dad!

My boy

Remember the army led by Chairman Mao saved you

Chairman Mao

Uncle Red Army!

Go!

Is this for me, Dad?

You'd be armed as one of the Boy Scout

The Boy Scout isn't as good as your Red Troop

with guns

With different arms but same commission

to annihilate enemies and safeguard the new regime

Yes, sir!

Grandpa Song!

I'm going to school

Fine, study hard!

Uncle Song

Such a good boy

Hey, how about playing Beating Landlords?

OK, you act as landlord

and are bind and paraded through the village

No way!

Well, who should be the Landlord?

Who should be the Landlord?

The fattest one!

Chun Yazi! Chun Yazi! Chun Yazi!

Chun Yazi acts as landlord!

The Landlord? The bad man?

No way!

Ran away! Ran away!

You two go that way, I go this way

Come here! Come here! He is running away!

Dongzi! Dongzi!

What's going on?

Hurry up! Hu Hansan has run away!

Sly Hu Hansan had run away.

In the year of 1933

this lackey came back

together with his master

and avenged the people in the Red Base

at the time of the 5th besiegement

conducted by the army of Kuomintang

against our Central Revolution Base.

Mum, listen? This one must be Dad's1

Mum, did you heard that? So silvery!

Mum can't tell that

Go and be careful on sentry

Dongzi!

Chun Yazi!

Ki-ki killed

-Hu Hansan? -With higher rank

What? -A colonel of the army

Who did this?

Our Liuxi Red troop of course

It's heard that your father fought back tough for 3 days

in associate with the main Red army

The superior sang the praises of them

Mum, did you hear that?

Our Liuxi Red troop gets victories!

Got it

-Dongzi's Mum -Uncle Song

Dongzi's Mum

Uncle

Something happened in your family

Go back home

Be on sentry for me

Grandpa Song

Where was wounded?

Here

Never mind it. Not bad.

Dad!

The Boy Scout doesn't cry

We all have the maybe to be wounded in battles

Captain Pan

The bullet should be taken out

Just do it. How can it be twain my legs

Just one left

What?

Anesthetic

It has no use for me.

Keep it for solders with grievous bodily harm

and for comrades in great need.

Captain Pan

What you got isn't just a flesh wound

How stiff you are

How strong I am

Captain Pan

Comrade

Don't lose time for this

Come on

Dongzi ,go outside to play for a while

Go

Good boy

Go

Uncle Wu

Are you afraid?

My Dad is not afraid neither am I

Good. No matter how hard and difficult it is

it will be afraid of you once you aren't afraid of it

Taken out

Dad, I would attack the enemies after my grow-up

let them be wounded with grievous bodily harm

and revenge for you!

Just revenge for me

My boy

It's not the enmity of just one person

Look what is this?

A bullet

From where?

The enemies

The enemies shoot us

and bleed us

because they want to take our base away.

Only after we destroy the enemies all over the country

the suffering people could be

the owner of this country forever.

My Dad entered the main Red Army

with a number of members of the Red Troop

after his recovery

and devoted himself to the 5th Anti-besiegement