The Warring States (film)

The Warring States
Promotional poster
Traditional Chinese戰國
Simplified Chinese战国
Hanyu PinyinZhàn guó
Directed byChen Jin
Screenplay byShen Jie
Produced byLu Zheng
StarringFrancis Ng
Jing Tian
Sun Honglei
Kim Hee-sun
Kiichi Nakai
Jiang Wu
CinematographyHyung-ku Kim
Music byS.E.N.S.
Production
companies
Beijing Starlit Movie and TV Culture Co. Ltd.
Distributed byChina Lion Film Distribution
Release date
  • April 12, 2011 (2011-04-12)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Budget¥150 million (~US$24 million)
Box office$11,868,961

The Warring States is a 2011 Chinese film directed by Chen Jin. The story takes place during the Warring States period, but is only very loosely based on the actual history.[1] The plot focuses on the rivalry between military generals Pang Juan and Sun Bin,[2] both disciples of Guiguzi.

  1. ^ Hale, Mike (22 April 2011). "Brutal Battles and Raging Melodrama". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference boxofficeasia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).