It's a heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on “The Assassination of Ma,” a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing of general Ma Xinyi. The story was filmed by Zhang Che in 1973 as The Blood Brothers.
Genre(s): Action, Drama, History, War
Rating: 7.2/10 (7,156 votes)
Country: China, Hong Kong
Languages: Mandarin
Company: Applause Pictures
Director(s): Peter Chan, Wai Man Yip
Producer(s):
Peter Chan – producer
Zoe Chen – co-producer
Rita Fung – line producer
Sanping Han – executive producer
Lorraine Ho – line producer
Jo Jo Yuet-chun Hui – co-producer
Peter Lam – executive producer
Andre Morgan – executive producer
Andre Morgan – producer
D. Daniel Vujic – associate producer
Wai Man Yip – associate producer
Writer(s):
Tin Nam Chun – screenplay
Junli Guo – screenplay
Jiping He – screenplay
Jianxin Huang – screenplay
Jo Jo Yuet-chun Hui – screenplay
Oi Wah Lam – screenplay
Lan Xu – screenplay
James Yuen – screenplay
Cast:
Jet Li – General Pang Qingyun (as Lianjie Li)
Andy Lau – Zhao Er-Hu (as Dehua Liu)
Takeshi Kaneshiro – Zhang Wen-Xiang (as Wu Jincheng)
Jinglei Xu – Lian
Bao-ming Gu –
Xiaodong Guo –
Zhaoqi Shi – He Kui
Dong Dong Wang – Zhang Shan
Kuirong Wang – Jiang Da Ren
Yachao Wang – Young soldier
Music: Kwong Wing Chan, Peter Kam, Leon Ko
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