On March 18, 2017, the film was officially launched at the Shadow Base in Huairou, Beijing
; the crew ended the shooting in Beijing in mid-May and moved to Xianning, Hubei Province to shoot location. The crew went to Qianshan Forest Park Zhuhai and Chibi. Shooting in Zhuhai Suiyang, Qujiawan Ancient Town in Honghu, Hubei, and Xingzhuhai, Xian’an, went to Qujiawan Ancient Town, Honghu, Hubei for location shooting on May 24; on May 26, the film crew ended the 11-day shooting in Xianning
. The next day the crew moved to the Han Palace Scenic Area in Seoul, China, and began shooting for half a month; on June 11, the crew officially ended their shooting in Seoul, China, and then moved to Beijing
.
On February 9, 2017, Chao Deng weighed only 72 kg. After 2 months of non-stop hot pot, supper and exercise, he finally reached 83 kg before entering the group, and his whole body was full of muscles. After the "Jingzhou" scene was completed, director Zhang Yimou gave Chao Deng 20 days to lose weight to a sick man, and then came back to play Ziyu, and replayed all the two people in the same frame. All the actors came back and cooperated again. Again. Chao Deng abides by the dietitian's recipe every day. He only consumes 800 kcal a day for 15 consecutive days. He only eats 2 eggs a day at least. He is dizzy due to low blood sugar many times on the set. Chao Deng weighed only 63 kg when he was killed
.
On July 1, 2017, Ryan Guan Xiaotong and others finished the film
, on July 3, the Sun Li
film was finished
, on July 11, the Chao Deng film was finished, and the film was officially finished on July 16
. On October 1, the editing of the film was completed
.
