The Black Cannon Incident
1985, Chinese. Directed by Huang Jianxin.
I'm done with chess. For good.
A mining engineer acting as a technical translator is suspected of industrial espionage after sending an innocent telegram that is intercepted by a militant snoop. Placed under investigation and reassigned to a less sensitive department, but never informed of the reason for his demotion, he petitions to get his job back, sparking an increasingly obtuse series of Party meetings.
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- Released
- 2 January 1985
- Original title
- 黑炮事件
- Country
- China
- Written by
- Zhang Xianliang
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The Black Cannon Incident runs 99 minutes (1h 39m).
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The Black Cannon Incident isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 January 1985. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Black Cannon Incident?
The Black Cannon Incident (1985) was directed by Huang Jianxin and stars Liu Zifeng, Gao Ming, Yang Fengliang.