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Three Kingdoms (2010)

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Original title
三国
Directed by
Gao Xixi
Cast
Chen Jian Bin, Cao Cao, Yu He Wei, Liu Bei, Zhang Bo, Sun Quan, Sha Yi, Sun Ce
Genre
historical drama
Country
People's Republic of China
Length
1 season, 95 episodes
Rated
PG
Rating
7.9 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This Chinese series adapts the classic novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It follows the wars and political struggles of leaders and generals during the fall of the Han dynasty. The story focuses on the alliances and betrayals between the kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu.

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What happens

Three Kingdoms (三国) is a 2010 Chinese historical drama television series based on the events of the late Eastern Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. The plot is adapted from the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other stories about the Three Kingdoms period. Directed by Gao Xixi, the series had a budget of over 160 million yuan and took five years of pre-production work. Shooting of the series commenced in October 2008, and it was released in China in May 2010. Three Kingdoms set a record as the most expensive small-screen series in China's television history at the time, having been sold to four regional broadcasters at a price of 160 million yuan. It was sold to over 20 countries, earning an estimated 800 million yuan in total as of May 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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