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Legendary action cinema master John Woo and international superstar Tony Leung reunite for the first time since the 1992 classic HARD BOILED with this epic historical drama set based on a legendary 208 A.D. battle that heralded the end of the Han Dynasty. RED CLIFF opens with power hungry Prime Minister-turned-General Cao Cao (Zhang Fengyi) seeking permission from the Han dynasty Emperor to organize a southward-bound mission designed to crush two troublesome warlords that stand in his way, Liu Bei (You Yong) and Sun Quan (Chang Chen). As the expedition gets under way, Cao Cao's troops rain destruction on Liu Bei's army, forcing the latter to retreat. Liu Bei's military strategist Zhuge Liang (Takeshi Kaneshiro) knows that their only hope for survival is to form an alliance with rival warlord Sun Quan, and reaches out to Sun Quan's trusted advisor, war hero Zhou Yu (Tony Leung). Vastly outnumbered by Cao Cao's fast approaching, brutal army, the rebel warlords band together to mount a heroic campaign unrivalled in history that changes the face of China forever. A massive hit in Asia and the most expensive Asian film production of all time, RED CLIFF is a breathtaking war epic that marks the triumphant return of John Woo.
Original Release
06/30/2008
US Release
11/20/2008
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Zhou Yu |
Takeshi Kaneshiro | Zhuge Liang |
Fengyi Zhang | Cao Cao |
Chang Chen | Sun Quan |
Wei Zhao | Sun Shangxiang |
Jun Hu | Zhao Yun |
Shido Nakamura | Gan Xing |
Chi-Ling Lin | Xiao Qiao |
Yong You | Liu Bei |
Yong Hou | Lu Su |
Directors
Writers
John Woo, Khan Chan, Cheng Kuo, Heyu Sheng, Guanzhong Luo
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Zhou Yu |
Takeshi Kaneshiro | Zhuge Liang |
Fengyi Zhang | Cao Cao |
Chang Chen | Sun Quan |
Wei Zhao | Sun Shangxiang |
Jun Hu | Zhao Yun |
Shido Nakamura | Gan Xing |
Chi-Ling Lin | Xiao Qiao |
Yong You | Liu Bei |
Yong Hou | Lu Su |
Dawei Tong | Sun Shucai |
Jia Song | Li Ji |
Baasanjav Mijid | Guan Yu |
Jinsheng Zang | Zhang Fei |
Shan Zhang | Huang Gai |
Hui Wang | Cao Hong |
Gang Xie | Hua Tuo |
Chao Guo | Yue Jin |
Yin He | Lady Mi |
Hua Ye | Tian Tian |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Xiaoei Han | Executive Producer |
Xiaofeng Hu | Executive Producer |
Hongshi Lu | Executive Producer |
Pengle Xu | Executive Producer |
John Woo | Producer |
Terence Chang | Producer |
Zilong Guo | Producer |
Sanping Han | Producer |
Bing He | Producer |
Chin-Wen Huang | Producer |
Tao Jiang | Producer |
Wu Kebo | Producer |
Sirena Liu | Producer |
Max Matsuura | Producer |
Rick Nathanson | Producer |
Mingyu Peng | Producer |
Zhonglun Ren | Producer |
Dong-ming Shi | Producer |
Tsai-Yang Tang | Producer |
Zhan Teng | Producer |
Lori Tilkin | Producer |
Jianqiu Wang | Producer |
Wei Wang | Producer |
Todd Weinger | Producer |
Anne Woo | Producer |
Jianshai Xu | Producer |
Xiaoming Yan | Producer |
Shoucheng Yang | Producer |
Ju-Feng Yeh | Producer |
Cheri Yeung | Producer |
Dong Yu | Producer |
Daxing Zhang | Producer |
Qiang Zhang | Producer |
Woo-taek Kim | Producer |
Bing He | Producer |