Query: War films from Hong Kong or action drama films from China
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Roar of the People
Men Behind the Sun
Super Bodyguard
Our Time Will Come (film)
Saving General Yang
The Flowers of War
Shaolin (film)
Hong Kong 1941
7-Man Army
The 14 Amazons
The Warlords
The Bodyguard (2016 film)
A Tale of Three Cities
Red Cliff (film)
Extraordinary Mission
Stars and Roses
Evidence from documents: Roar of the People: '''''Roar of the People''''' is a 1941 Hong Kong wartime drama film directed by Tang Xiaodan.
Men Behind the Sun: The film is a graphic depiction of the war atrocities committed by the Japanese at Unit 731, the secret biological weapons experimentation unit of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
Super Bodyguard: '''''Super Bodyguard''''', also known as '''''The Bodyguard''''' ''Chao ji bao biao'', is a 2016 Chinese action drama film
Our Time Will Come (film): '''''Our Time Will Come''''' () is a 2017 war film directed by Ann Hui, starring Zhou Xun, Eddie Peng and Wallace Huo. It revolves around the resistance movement during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.
Saving General Yang: action drama films from China: 'Saving General Yang''''' is a 2013 Hong Kong film directed by Ronny Yu. The story is based on the legendary Generals of the Yang Family. The film was selected as part of the 2013 Hong Kong International Film Festival.
The film is set in the early Northern Song dynasty, AD 986, of northeastern China. Former Northern Han general and the patriarch of the Yang clan Yang Ye pledges allegiance to the new Han Chinese-ruled Song regime after Northern Han's fall. Years later Yang's seventh son, Yang Yansi, participated in a martial arts tournament with his father's rival Pan Renmei's son Pan Bao in his sixth brother Yang Yanzhao's place to win Later Zhou's former princess Chai Meirong's (who is Yang Yanzhao's childhood sweetheart) hand in marriage, which ended in the latter's death
Hong Kong: '''''Saving General Yang''''' is a 2013 Hong Kong film
films from China: '''''Saving General Yang''''' is a 2013 Hong Kong film
The Flowers of War: '''''The Flowers of War''''' () is a 2011 historical drama war film directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Zhang Xinyi, Tong Dawei, Atsuro Watabe, Shigeo Kobayashi and Cao Kefan. The film is based on a novella by Geling Yan, ''13 Flowers of Nanjing'', inspired by the diary of Minnie Vautrin. The story is set in Nanking, China, during the 1937 Nanking Massacre in the Second Sino-Japanese War. A group of escapees, finding sanctuary in a church compound, try to survive the Japanese atrocities.
Shaolin (film): '''''Shaolin''''' (also known as '''''The New Shaolin Temple''''') is a 2011 Hong Kong martial arts drama film produced and directed by Benny Chan, starring Andy Lau and Nicholas Tse, with a special appearance by Jackie Chan. The film's story is about a ruthless warlord who seeks refuge and redemption at Shaolin Temple after his second-in-command betrays him. The film was also released in Mandarin and Cantonese languages and was a commercial success.
Hong Kong 1941: '''''Hong Kong 1941''''' () is a 1984 Hong Kong war drama film
7-Man Army: '''''7-Man Army''''' is a 1976 Hong Kong historical war action film
The 14 Amazons: a 1972 Hong Kong ''wuxia'' film
The Warlords: from Hong Kong: Production of ''The Warlords'' officially wrapped up on 28 March 2007. Post-production work was divided among Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Bangkok.
War films: '''''The Warlords''''' (), previously known as '''''The Blood Brothers''''', is a 2007 epic action war drama film co-produced and directed by Peter Chan, with the action sequences choreographed by Tony Ching.
action drama films: '''''The Warlords''''' (), previously known as '''''The Blood Brothers''''', is a 2007 epic action war drama film co-produced and directed by Peter Chan, with the action sequences choreographed by Tony Ching
from China: Shooting began in early December 2006 in Beijing.
The Bodyguard (2016 film): '''''The Bodyguard''''', also known as '''''My Beloved Bodyguard''''', (Chinese: 特工爺爺) is a 2016 Hong Kong-Chinese action drama film directed by and starring Sammo Hung in his first film as director since 1997's ''Once Upon a Time in China and America''.
A Tale of Three Cities: '''A Tale of Three Cities''' () is a 2015 Chinese-Hong Kong war romance film directed by Mabel Cheung. The film is about the real love story of two people (Charles and Lee-Lee Chan, parents of Jackie Chan) who met in Wuhu during the Second Sino-Japanese War in the 1930s, separated in Shanghai during the Chinese Civil War in the 1940s, and finally reunited in Hong Kong in the 1950s while their children from previous marriages were left behind in mainland China (whom they would not see again until 38 years later). Jackie Chan reportedly "cried and cried, until the end of the film" when he watched the film by himself.
Red Cliff (film): War films: '''''Red Cliff''''' or '''''Chibi''''' () is a 2008–2009 Chinese epic war film, based on the Battle of Red Cliffs (208–209 AD) and the events at the end of the Han dynasty and immediately prior to the Three Kingdoms period in Imperial China.
from Hong Kong: Distributors include Chengtian Entertainment (China), CMC Entertainment / 20th Century Fox Taiwan Branch (Taiwan), Mei Ah Entertainment (Hong Kong), Avex Group/Toho-Towa Co. (Japan), Showbox (South Korea), the Los Angeles-based Summit Entertainment (international), and Magnolia Pictures (United States).
Extraordinary Mission: a 2017 Chinese crime action drama film
Stars and Roses: drama films from China: '''''Stars and Roses''''' (orig. '''''Ai ren tong zhi''''')is a 1989 Hong Kong drama film directed by Taylor Wong starring Andy Lau as a photo journalist from Hong Kong and Cherie Chung as a Vietnamese translator.
Hong Kong: '''''Stars and Roses''''' (orig. '''''Ai ren tong zhi''''')is a 1989 Hong Kong drama film directed by Taylor Wong starring Andy Lau as a photo journalist from Hong Kong and Cherie Chung as a Vietnamese translator.