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Sangokushi: The Yangtze Is Burning! (1993)

Directed by Tomoharu Katsumata

Overview

Covering roughly 13 years, from Cao Cao’s victory over Lu Bu in 198 CE, through the Battle of Red Cliffs in 208 CE, and the aftermath up until 211 BCE. As other players are swept from the board, the story focuses on Liu Bei and his increasingly desperate attempts to prevent Cao Cao from seizing all of China. The turning point is Liu Bei’s recruitment of the best strategic mind of that generation, Zhuge Kongming, the Crouching Dragon.

Length 149 minutes

Actors

Teruhiko Aoi | Tetsuya Watari | Taro Ishida | Takeshi Aono | Takashi Yamaguchi | Hidekatsu Shibata | Hideyuki Hori | Kazuko Sugiyama | Yuusaku Yara