| Release Date: | Oct 2009 |
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| Genres: | Action / Adventure / Drama / History / War |
| Awards: | 11 wins & 20 nominations |
| Runtime: | 150 min |
| Cast: | Tony Leung Chiu Wai (Zhou Yu), Takeshi Kaneshiro (Zhuge Liang), Fengyi Zhang (Cao Cao), Chen Chang (Sun Quan), Wei Zhao (Sun Shangxiang) Jun Hu (Zhao Yun) Chiling Lin (Xiao Qiao) Shido Nakamura (Gan Xing) Yong You (Liu Bei) Ba Sen Zha Bu (Guan Yu) Yong Hou (Lu Su) Tong Jiang (Li Tong) Jia Song (Li Ji) Chun Sun () Dawei Tong (Sun Shucai) Qingxiang Wang (Kong Rong) Jingwu Ma (Old man (uncredited)) |
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.
