Kina i början av 900-talet under Tangdynastins sista år. Det är dagen före Chong Yang-festivalen och det kejserliga palatset fylls med gyllene blommor. Men bakom den vackra fasaden utspelas en maktkamp mellan kejsaren, hans tre söner och kejsarinnan. Förräderi, svek och passion ställer make mot maka och far mot söner.
Hela Kina har inväntat en längre tid på invigningen av kejsarinnan Wu. Men ett par mystiska mord verkar sätta stopp för invigningen och nu blir man tvungen att kalla in den bäste detektiven i landet för att lösa fallen.
Detektiv Dee blir tvungen att försvara sig när han blir anklagad av kejsarinnan att ligga bakom en kriminell våg som tar sig igen staden...
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.
Tar vid då Dee är en ung och oerfaren detektiv som ger sig ut på sitt fösta mysterium...
800-talet i Kina. En 10-årig flicka från en nobel familj blir kidnappad och uppfostras i exil till att bli en skicklig lönnmördare. En dag återvänder hon till sitt hemland där hon där hon måste möta sina föräldrars och sina egna minnen och reaktioner. Men hon kommer också med ett svårt uppdrag. Ett uppdrag som tvingar henne att välja mellan att offra mannen hon älskar eller bryta med traditionerna inom en uråldrig order av rättfärdiga mördare.
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.