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| Traditional Chinese | 墨攻 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 墨攻 | ||||||||||
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| Directed by | Jacob Cheung | ||||||||||
| Screenplay by | Jacob Cheung Neon Tang Tsz Chun Chun Tin-nam Li Shuxing | ||||||||||
| Story by | Ken'ichi Sakemi Hideki Mori | ||||||||||
| Produced by | Jacob Cheung Tsui Siu-ming Huang Jianxin Iseki Satoru Wang Zhonglei Lee Joo-ick Tom Cheung Yoshitsuru Yoshimitsu | ||||||||||
| Starring | Andy Lau Ahn Sung-ki Wang Zhiwen Fan Bingbing Nicky Wu Choi Siwon | ||||||||||
| Cinematography | Yoshitaka Sakamoto Kobayashi Gen Ardy Lam | ||||||||||
| Edited by | Kwong Chi-leung | ||||||||||
| Music by | Kenji Kawai | ||||||||||
Production companies | Sundream Motion Pictures Huayi Brothers Pictures Hark & Co. Fortissimo Films Boram Entertainment Cubical Entertainment | ||||||||||
| Distributed by | Edko Films (Hong Kong) China Film Group (China) Shochiku (Japan) CJ Entertainment (South Korea) | ||||||||||
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Running time | 133 minutes | ||||||||||
| Countries | Hong Kong China Japan South Korea | ||||||||||
| Language | Mandarin | ||||||||||
| Box office | US$17.8 million[1] | ||||||||||
A Battle of Wits (also known as Battle of the Warriors) is a 2006 war film based on the Japanese historical novel (Rōmaji title: Bokkō or Bokukō; lit. "Mohist Attack") by Ken'ichi Sakemi, as well as the manga series Bokko by Hideki Mori.[2] Directed by Jacob Cheung, the film starred Andy Lau, Ahn Sung-ki, Wang Zhiwen, Fan Bingbing, Nicky Wu and Choi Siwon. This was a joint-production between mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea.
- ^ "A Battle of Wits" Boxofficemojo. Retrieved 2012-06-04
- ^ Elley, Derek (5 January 2007). "Variety Reviews - A Battle of Wits - Film Reviews - New Int'l. Release - Review by Derek Elley". Variety.com. Retrieved 28 November 2012.