The Second Handshake
1980, Chinese. Directed by Dong Kena.
Movie adaptation of a wildly popular hand-copied unpublished novel by Zhang Yang during the Cultural Revolution that was later rehabilitated and officially published in 1979.
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- Released
- 1 January 1980
- Original title
- 第二次握手
- Country
- China
- Written by
- Shuolong Cao, Dong Kena
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The Second Handshake runs 123 minutes (2h 3m).
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The Second Handshake isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1980. (Checked 8 November 2026.)
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If you liked The Second Handshake, try One Second, Girl in the Box, Sight.
Who directed The Second Handshake?
The Second Handshake (1980) was directed by Dong Kena and stars Xie Fang, Kang Tai, Mei Yuan.