Red Cliff

IMDb link: 0425637
IMDb rating: 7.3 (50,357 votes)
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, War, History
Director: John Woo
Cast: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Chen Chang, Fengyi Zhang and others

Release date: 4 Dec 2009
Release year: 2008
Runtime: 148 minutes
Country: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, United States
Keywords: han dynasty china, female spy, 3rd century, historical event, epic war, epic history, writer producer director, historical fiction, war espionage, military action

Plot:

In 208 A.D., in the Han Dinasty of China, the tyrannic and greedy Prime Minster Cao Cao forces the reluctant Emperor Han to declare war against the kingdoms of Liu Bei and Sun Quan in the South of China. Cao Cao heads with a mighty army of one million soldiers and attacks Liu Bei. His advisor and war strategist Zhuge Liang heads to South in a diplomatic mission trying to convince Sun Quan to join force with Liu Bei against the powerful warlord. When Zhuge Liang meets the viceroy Zhou Yu, he succeeds in his assignment with the alliance of the two kingdoms against Cao Cao. The armies fight against each other in many battles until the final one in Red Cliff where guile, knowledge and strategy prevail.

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