China Synopsis
狼图腾
In 1969, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia. Caught between the advance of civilization from the south and the nomads' traditional enemies – the marauding wolves – to the north; humans and animals, residents and invaders alike, struggle to find their true place in the world.
Audience Engagement
356 audience reviews — more than 90% of China films in our index.
Review volume (90th percentile) outruns trending popularity (52th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Other Titles From Edko Films
Adventure + Drama in China
64 China titles in our catalog blend the Adventure and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Wolf Totem itself).
The 2014–2016 China Window
Wolf Totem holds position #56 of 143 China films in the 2014–2016 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in China, 515 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Wolf Totem premiered alongside 43 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 56m runtime, production spent $328K per minute on screen and earned $1.1M per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 43 other China films in 2015.
The 380th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Wolf Totem, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- historical drama · 5
- epic battle · 2
- animal · 21
- 1960s · 20
- wolf · 8
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #543 of 946 China films indexed here (43rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among China Adventure productions specifically: #97 of 178 (top 54%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, Mongolian |
| Production Companies | Edko Films, Loull Productions |
| Runtime | 1h 56m |
| Release Date | February 19, 2015 |
| IMDb | tt2909116 |