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Red Cliff

Red Cliff

The future will be decided.

20087.12h 25m

Overview

In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance.

Directed by John Woo
Written by John Woo, Sheng Heyu, Luo Guanzhong
Produced by Han Sanping, He Bing, Chin-Wen Huang
Box OfficeBudget: $80.3MRevenue: $250.1M

Top Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Zhou Yu

Takeshi Kaneshiro

Takeshi Kaneshiro

Zhu Ge Liang

Zhang Fengyi

Zhang Fengyi

Cao Cao

Chang Chen

Chang Chen

Sun Quan

Vicky Zhao

Vicky Zhao

Sun Shang Xiang

Hu Jun

Hu Jun

Zhao Yun

Shido Nakamura

Shido Nakamura

Gan Xing

Lin Chi-Ling

Lin Chi-Ling

Xiao Qiao

You Yongzhi

You Yongzhi

Liu Bei

Hou Yong

Hou Yong

Lu Su

Themes & Keywords

martial artschinaflaming arrowstrategycarrier pigeonwall of firewhite dovecasualty of warchinese paintingbroken arrow3rd century

About Red Cliff

Red Cliff is a adventure, drama, history, action, war film released in 2008 exploring themes of martial arts, china, flaming arrow, strategy, carrier pigeon, wall of fire. Directed by John Woo, it stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi. In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance.

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