The Great Conqueror's Concubine (1994)

Original title

西楚霸王

Directed by

Stephen Shin

Genre

war film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

3h 01m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film covers the power struggle between warlords after the fall of the Qin dynasty. It focuses on the rise and fall of a key leader and his relationship with a concubine.

epicslow-burndramaticvisually lushhistoricalsomberintensetragic

What happens

The Great Conqueror's Concubine, alternatively known as King of Western Chu, is a 1994 Hong Kong historical drama film directed by Stephen Shin and Wei Handao, starring Ray Lui, Rosamund Kwan, Zhang Fengyi and Gong Li. The film is based on the events in the Chu–Han Contention, an interregnum between the fall of the Qin dynasty and the founding of the Han dynasty. The Hong Kong cut of the film is 3 hours long and was released in two instalments of 1.5 hours each, which opened one day apart (respectively June 9 and 10). For the mainland Chinese market, the material was edited down into a single 2-hour film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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