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Article: Epic tale of Chinese warriors
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- June 12, 2009
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Director John Woo bids farewell to Hollywood and returns to the
East to helm the most expensive Chinese-language film in history,
set 1800 years ago during the time of the Han Dynasty when China is
divided between ruling forces led by the ambitious Cao Cao (Fengyi
Zhang), Sun Quan (Chen Chang) and Liu Bei (Yong You).
Cao Cao compels the Emperor to invade lands under the control of
the two rivals, focusing initially on the relatively inexperienced
Liu Bei, who is ...