Movies: Warring states period

  • 2002
    Hero

    Hero (2002)

    Hero

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    During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago....

    Hero
  • 1953
    Ugetsu

    Ugetsu (1953)

    Ugetsu

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    In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysteriou...

    Ugetsu
  • 1998
    The Emperor and the Assassin

    The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)

    The Emperor and the Assassin

    6.91998HD

    In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering....

    The Emperor and the Assassin
  • 1979
    G.I. Samurai

    G.I. Samurai (1979)

    G.I. Samurai

    6.11979HD

    A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun....

    G.I. Samurai
  • 1965
    Beauty of Beauties

    Beauty of Beauties (1965)

    Beauty of Beauties

    71965HD

    Hsi Shih: The Beauty of Beauties was one of the most ambitious films made in the Taiwan film industry in the 1960s. After leaving The Shaw Brothers studio in Hong Kong and moving to Taiwan, filmmaker Li Han-hsiang mounted this historical epic. Told t...

    Beauty of Beauties
  • 1959
    Happy Wedding

    Happy Wedding (1959)

    Happy Wedding

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    During the Warring States Period, Nung-yuk, the Princess of Qin, denounces the mundane world and dreams of marrying an immortal. This extends to her criteria for choosing a husband: excelling in flute playing. Once, she is captivated by the tune 'Thr...

    Happy Wedding