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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.
Synopsis
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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Cast
Directed by John Woo
Tony Leung
Zhou Yu
Takeshi Kaneshiro
Zhuge Liang
Zhang Fengyi
Cao Cao
Chang Chen
Sun Quan
Zhao Wei
Sun Shangxiang
Hu Jun
Zhao Yun
Shido Nakamura
Gan Xing
Lin Chi-Ling
Xiao Qiao
You Yongzhi
Liu Bei
Hou Yong
Lu Su
Tong Dawei
Sun Shucai
Song Jia
Li Ji
Baasanjav Mijid
Guan Yu
Jinsheng Zang
Zhang Fei
Shan Zhang
Huang Gai
Wang Qingxiang
Kong Rong
Production
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Release
2008
Runtime
145 min
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