Red Cliff
赤壁
“ The future will be decided. ”
CINEMA2008-07-10
RegionCN / HK
Runtime145 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
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 for...
DIRECTOR / DirectorTOPIC
John WooCast & Crew
KEYWORDS
martial artschinaflaming arrowstrategycarrier pigeonwall of firewhite dovecasualty of warchinese paintingbroken arrow3rd century
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Red Cliff is a Chinese epic war film based on the Battles of Red Cliff (208–209 AD) and the events at the end of the Han Dynasty and immediately prior to the Three Kingdoms period in ancient China.
