A Terra-Cotta Warrior

A Terra-Cotta Warrior, also known as Fight and Love with a Terracotta Warrior, is a 1990 Hong Kong film based on the novel by Lilian Lee, directed by Ching Siu-tung and produced by Tsui Hark, starring Zhang Yimou and Gong Li. The film is about a forbidden love between a court lady and a soldier of the Qin Dynasty. Gong Li plays the female protagonists Dong'er (the court girl) and Zhu Lili (the actress), and Zhang Yimou plays the terracotta warrior Meng Tianfang. This is one of the only two films where Zhang Yimou has a leading role, the other being Wu Tianming's Old Well. Warner Bros. has included the film in the catalogue of Warner Archive Collection.[1]

A Terra-Cotta Warrior
Traditional Chinese秦俑
Simplified Chinese古今大战秦俑情
Hanyu PinyinGǔ Jīn Dà Zhàn Qín Yǒng Qíng /
Qín Yǒng
JyutpingGu2 Gam1 Daai6 Zin3 Ceon4 Jung2 Cing4 /
Ceon4 Jung2
Directed byChing Siu-tung
Written byLilian Lee
Produced byHon Pau-chu
Tsui Hark
Zhu Mu
StarringZhang Yimou
Gong Li
CinematographyLee San-yip
Peter Pau
Edited byMarco Mak
Music byRomeo Diaz
James Wong
Joseph Koo
Production
company
Art & Talent Groupe Inc.
Distributed byD & B Film Distribution (Hong Kong)
Release date
  • 12 April 1990 (1990-04-12)
Running time
145 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesMandarin
Cantonese

Plot

The First Emperor searches for the elixir of immortality, and he despatches 500 teenage boys and girls to help him accomplish this task. One of his soldiers, General Meng Tianfang falls in love with one of the despatched maiden by the name Dong'er. When their forbidden love is exposed, the girl reveals she has found the elusive elixir and secretly gives it to Meng. The emperor orders their execution and the soldier is sentenced to death by being encased alive in clay as a terracotta warrior, only to be reawakened in the 1930s when a struggling actress, Zhu Lili, the reincarnation of the girl who remembers nothing of her past life, accidentally stumbles upon the tomb of the First Emperor. The soldier struggles to adapt to a new era while the two are pursued by archeological looters and thugs.

Cast
  • Zhang Yimou as General Meng Tianfang (Mong Tin-Fong) / Terra-Cotta Cleaner
  • Gong Li as Han Dong'er / Zhu Lili (Hon Tung Yee) / Japanese Tourist
  • Yu Rongguang as Bai Yunfei (Pak Wan Fei)
  • Wu Tianming as movie director
  • Lu Shuming as First Emperor
  • Che Bok-man as Xu Fu / tour guide (Tsui-Fok)
  • David Cheung as Yuen Mong Ling
  • Chiu Chi-gong
  • Choi Hin-cheung

International broadcast
Country Network(s)/Station(s) Series premiere Title
ThailandCh7 HD35February 2, 2015 - N 00, 2015 (Every Monday-Thursday night at 02.25 hrs. - 03.25 hrs.)เทียนฟง ตำนานรัก 3,000 ปี (TERRACOTTA WARRIOR; lit: )
5 HD1March 30, 2020 - N 00, 2020 (Every Monday to Thursday at 22.45 hrs. - 23.45 hrs.)เทียนฟง ตำนานรัก 3,000 ปี (TERRACOTTA WARRIOR; literally )

See also

References
  1. "WarnerBros.com | Terra Cotta Warrior | Movies". www.warnerbros.com.


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