Hong Kong Synopsis
秦俑
“A 2000 year-old fiercest warrior travels beyond the limits of time”
China 3000 years ago. It's the time of the Qin dynasty. The emperor seeks immortality by busily letting his alchemists search for a formula and building the famous terracotta army from the bodies of outlaws and the condemned. This is the time Mong Tiang Fong and court lady Twon fall deeply in love. Such a thing is not tolerated at the court and when their relationship is discovered both are sentenced to death. In the meantime the alchemists have discovered the formula of immortality, but decide to destroy their work. However Twon gets possession of one immortality pill which she manages to give to Tiang Fong before he's made a terracotta warrior too. China 1930. While on location a film crew discovers parts of the grave of emperor Qin guarded by the terracotta warriors. Tiang Fong, being immortal, awakes…
Romance + Fantasy in Hong Kong
10 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Romance and Fantasy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding A Terra-Cotta Warrior itself).
The 1988–1990 Hong Kong Window
A Terra-Cotta Warrior holds position #40 of 67 Hong Kong films in the 1988–1990 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Hong Kong Landscape
1989 was the decade’s peak output year for Hong Kong — 20 titles released, including A Terra-Cotta Warrior. Bars below show how the 1980s stacked up year by year (151 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 19 other Hong Kong films in 1989.
The 284th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
19 audience reviews — more than 40% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 25th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #390 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (53rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Hong Kong Romance productions specifically: #53 of 134 (top 40%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Art & Talent Groupe Inc. |
| Runtime | 1h 50m |
| Release Date | December 18, 1989 |
| IMDb | tt0098147 |