China Red Cliff is a China–Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
赤壁
“The future will be decided.”
In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance.
Audience Engagement
748 audience reviews — more than 93% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 94th percentile among China films.
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Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Red Cliff. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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Adventure + Drama in China
64 China titles in our catalog blend the Adventure and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Red Cliff itself).
The 2007–2009 China Window
Red Cliff holds position #15 of 63 China films in the 2007–2009 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in China, 142 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Red Cliff premiered alongside 16 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 25m runtime, production spent $554K per minute on screen and earned $1.7M per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 16 other China films in 2008.
The 180th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Red Cliff, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- 3rd century · 5
- chinese painting · 2
- flaming arrow · 1
- strategy · 1
- carrier pigeon · 1
- wall of fire · 1
- white dove · 1
- casualty of war · 1
- broken arrow · 1
- martial arts · 369
- china · 127
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #265 of 946 China films indexed here (72nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Adventure productions specifically: #53 of 178 (top 30%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, United States of America |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Italian, Mandarin |
| Production Companies | Lion Rock Productions, Showbox, Beijing Film Studio, Avex Entertainment, CMC Entertainment |
| Runtime | 2h 25m |
| Release Date | July 10, 2008 |
| IMDb | tt0425637 |
| Official Site | www.redclifffilm.com |