In the age of warring Chinese states, during which countless wars were waged to unify kingdoms, the King of Lu gets help from highly influential philosopher Confucius to regain his power. Confucius uses his intelligence and charisma to save the state of Lu from inner conflict and perpetual war. However, the political powerhouses of the state start to feel threatened by the philosopher, fearing that they may lose their control over the puppet king. Confucius goes willingly into exile, wandering from state to state without losing his ideals for peace and harmony.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/drama/a8p2ac.jpg", "genre": [ "drama", "Historical" ], "contentRating": "PG-13", "datePublished": "Jan 22, 2010", "dateModified": "2017-11-26", "startDate": "Jan 22, 2010", "endDate": "", "actor": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chow Yun Fat", "alternateName": "周潤發", "birthDate": "May 18, 1955", "nationality": "Hong Konger", "description": "It did not take long for Chow to become a household name in Hong Kong following his role in the hit series The Bund in TVB in 1980. The Bund, about the rise and fall of a gangster in 1930s Shanghai, made him a star. It was one of the most popular TV series ever produced in Hong Kong and was a hit throughout Asia.
Although Chow continued his TV success, his goal was to become a big-screen actor. His occasional ventures onto the big screens with low-budget films, however, were disastrous. Success finally came when he teamed up with director John Woo in the 1986 gangster action-melodrama A Better Tomorrow, which swept the box offices in Asia and established Chow and Woo as megastars. A Better Tomorrow won him his first Best Actor award at the Hong Kong Film Awards. It was the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong history at the time, and it set the standard for Hong Kong gangster films to come. Taking the opportunity, Chow quit TV entirely. With his new image from A Better Tomorrow, he made many more 'gun fu' or 'heroic bloodshed' films, such as A Better Tomorrow 2 (1987), Prison on Fire, Prison on Fire II, The Killer (1989), A Better Tomorrow 3 (1990), Hard Boiled (1992) and City on Fire an inspiration for Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs.
Chow may be best known for playing honorable tough guys, whether cops or criminals, but he also starred in comedies like Diary of a Big Man (1988) and Now You See Love, Now You Don't (1992) and romantic blockbusters such as Love in a Fallen City (1984) and An Autumn's Tale (1987), for which he was named best actor at the Golden Horse Awards. He brought together his disparate personae in the 1989 film God of Gamblers (Du Shen), directed by the prolific Wong Jing, in which he was by turns suave charmer, broad comedian and action hero. The film surprised many, became immensely popular, broke Hong Kong's all-time box office record, and spawned a series of gambling films, as well as several comic sequels starring Andy Lau and Stephen Chow.
The Los Angeles Times proclaimed Chow Yun-Fat "the coolest actor in the world."[citation needed] Being one of the biggest stars in Hong Kong, Chow moved to Hollywood in the mid-'90s in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to duplicate his success in Asia. His first two films, The Replacement Killers (1998) and The Corruptor (1999) were box office disappointments. In his next film Anna and the King (1999), Chow teamed up with Jodie Foster, but the film suffered at the box office. Unable to play down the Asian stereotype, Chow took advantage of it by accepting the role of Li Mu-Bai in the (2000) film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It became a winner at both the international box office and the Oscars. In 2003, Chow came back to Hollywood and starred in Bulletproof Monk in yet another Asian stereotyped role of a martial art expert. In 2006, he teamed up with Gong Li in the film, Curse of the Golden Flower, directed by Zhang Yimou.
In 2007, Chow was cast as the pirate captain Sao Feng in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. His character, however, was omitted when the movie was shown in mainland China. His character was criticized as demeaning as it "vilifies and humiliates the Chinese." Despite the censorship, the unedited version of the movie was freely sold on the black market without government intervention because viewers wanted to see Chow Yun Fat.
Chow had often wished to be regarded as a serious dramatic actor in Hollywood. Unfortunately, he often landed in roles that stereotyped him as an Asian action hero.
In the live-action version of Dragonball Evolution, which performed poorly in the USA and grossed $57 million worldwide, Chow Yun Fat played Master Roshi.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/2qEYdc.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Zhou Xun", "alternateName": "周迅", "birthDate": "October 18, 1974", "nationality": "Chinese", "description": "Zhou Xun, born Zhou Mi Ka, is a Chinese actress and singer. She is regarded as one of the "Four Dan Actresses" of China. Zhou enrolled at the Zhejiang Arts Institute to further her interest in dramatic arts, against the wishes of her parents, who wanted her to graduate from a university. She was handpicked for a role in the film "Strange Tales Amongst Old and Desolate Tombs" during her teenage years in school.
Zhou gained international recognition for her roles in Lou Ye's "Suzhou River" and Dai Sijie's "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress", winning the Best Actress Award for the former at the 15th Festival du Film de Paris. Since 2011, Zhou was formally announced as a new ambassador for Chanel.
In 2014, Zhou Xun got married to American actor Archie Kao, and on December 23, 2020, she officially confirmed her divorce from him.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/xXrzyc.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ma Jing Wu", "alternateName": "马精武", "birthDate": "November 14, 1938", "nationality": "Chinese", "description": "", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/RWOyPc.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Xu Huan Shan", "alternateName": "许还山", "birthDate": "July 13, 1937", "nationality": "Chinese", "description": "Xu Huan Shan was born in Leping, Jiangxi, China. He graduated from the Beijing Film Academy. He is an actor and director.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/e3jvYc.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yao Lu", "alternateName": "姚橹", "birthDate": "January 28, 1968", "nationality": "Chinese", "description": "", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/2gn8wc.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bi Yan Jun", "alternateName": "毕彦君", "birthDate": "July, 1955", "nationality": "Chinese", "description": "", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/kpex8_5c.jpg" } ], "director": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hu Mei", "alternateName": "胡玫", "birthDate": "September 2, 1958", "nationality": "Chinese", "description": "Profession: Director and producer
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