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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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