Red Cliff

Red Cliff

Theatrical - Wide 2008-07-10

Cast Takeshi Kaneshiro Chang Chen Hu Jun Shido Nakamura
Directed by John Woo
Written by John Woo Kuo Cheng Sheng Heyu

Box Office Gross: $250,100,000

Running Time: 145 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Lion Rock Productions, Showbox, Beijing Film Studio, Avex Entertainment, CMC Entertainment, Shanghai Film Group, Emperor Multimedia Group, China Movie Channel, Summit Entertainment, Beijing Jinyinma Movie & TV Culture Co., Beijing Forbidden City Film, Red Cliff Korea Investment, Chengtian Entertainment, Bona Film Group, China Film Group Corporation

Genres: Action Adventure Drama History War

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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... See more 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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