The Lost Bladesman (2011)

Original title

关云长

Directed by

Felix Chong, Alan Mak

Genre

action film, martial arts film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

16

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 118 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set during the Three Kingdoms period, the film follows the warrior Guan Yu on a perilous journey. He must fight through enemy territory, facing a series of deadly confrontations.

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What happens

The Lost Bladesman is a 2011 historical war and biopic action film loosely based on the story of Guan Yu crossing five passes and slaying six generals in the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. A Hong Kong-Chinese co-production written and directed by Alan Mak and Felix Chong, the film starred Donnie Yen as Guan Yu, with Yen also serving as the film's action director. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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