מלודרמה שייקספירית בעוצמותיה ובעלילה המשפחתית המדממת שלה, שזורה קטעי אקשן עוצרי נשימה בסגנון שכבר הפך לסימן ההיכר של ז'אנג יימו , מסרטיו "גיבור" ו-"מחול הפיגיונות". אופרת סבון של ממש מתרחשת בארמונו של הקיסר הסיני בתקופת שושלת טאנג. הקיסרית חולה ובריאותה הנפשית מתערערת, יורש העצר ממורמר בעקבות גירוש אהובתו, פסטיבל-החרציות ממשמש ובא, וסודות אפלים ותעלומות מזעזעות נחשפים. עם שורה ארוכה של סטארים: צ'או יון פאט (נמר דרקון), גונג לי (הפנסים האדומים) וליו יה (ההבטחה).
When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.
Dee, the detective serving Chinese empress Wu Zetian, is called upon to investigate a series of strange events in Loyang, including the appearance of mysterious warriors wearing Chiyou ghost masks, foxes that speak human language and the pillar sculptures in the palace coming alive.
Kingdom of Goguryeo, ancient Korea, 645. The ruthless Emperor Taizong of Tang invades the country and leads his armies towards the capital, achieving one victory after another, but on his way is the stronghold of Ansi, protected by General Yang Man-chu, who will do everything possible to stop the invasion, even if his troops are outnumbered by thousands of enemies.
Young Dee Renjie arrives in the empire's capital to join the Supreme Court as police judge of his region. He wants to become a prosecutor. Empress Wu, who is at the beginning of her reign, has commissioned the fierce detective Yuchi to investigate a sea monster that stalks the city at night and makes it unsafe.
סין, המאה ה-8. בתו בת ה-10 של גנרל נחטפת בידי נזירה שהופכת אותה למחסלת יוצאת דופן. יום אחד, היא נשלחת חזרה לחבל ארץ ממנו נחטפה, בהוראה לחסל את מנהיגה של יחידה צבאית החולשת על צפון סין. לאחר 13 שנות גלות, על המחסלת הצעירה להתעמת עם הוריה, זיכרונותיה וכמובן רגשותיה. כעת עליה לבחור: האם היא עדיין תחת שליטתה של זו שחטפה וגידלה אותה, או האם היא שבה הביתה. סרטו של הו שיאו-שיין ("קיץ אצל סבא"), שזיכה אותו בפרס הבמאי בפסטיבל קאן.
The tragic story of a Tang Dynasty imperial consort who was the favorite of the Emperor Xuanzong.
Set in the 7th century AD during the Korean peninsula's division into three perpetually warring kingdoms, Once Upon A Time In A Battlefield focuses on the Shilla's king Kim Choon-chu efforts to conquer his rivals: Koguryo and Baekche. To achieve this goal, he allies with mainland China's Tang empire, the superpower of the era, and together the two polities plan to attack first the weakest Baekche at its main fortress of Hwangsanbul, guarding the only easy access to the mountainous interior. But the fortress commander General Kye Baek (Park Joong-hoon) will be resisting to the end...This comedy relays on clash between ancient time and modern language combined with irony and distance to the war.
The renowned Li Li Hua plays Wu Ze Tian, the most famous woman in China's four thousand year history.
Bahram Beyzai's poetic imagining of the circumstances that led to the death of Yazdgerd III, the last of the Sassanid kings of Iran. His death in 651, during the Arab invasions that brought Islam to this Zoroastrian realm, was mysterious: his corpse was discovered in a mill, but the cause of his death—and the whereabouts of his remains—are unknown.
It’s 7th century, when Arabia is made up of rival, feuding tribes, disunited and forever at each other’s throats. Emperor Kisra has a fearsome reputation for being utterly ruthless. But when the Arabian Princess Hind refuses to become the emperor’s concubine, the stage is set for an epic confrontation. It is a battle that, by its conclusion, will have changed the region forever and echo throughout history. Escaping with her father, King Numan, into the vast and unforgiving desert, Hind is pursued by Kisra’s seasoned mercenary Jalabzeen and his bloodthirsty troops. Hind and her father are forced to entrust their safety to a mysterious bandit, whose fighting prowess is second to none. The bandit harbors his own secrets, which will play a large part in deciding the fate of the battle. Hind inspires the fractious tribes to come together for one last stand and unite against an army that outnumbers them and is far better equipped.