Historical Epic Movies

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	Movie Name Country Release Year
	White Vengeance China 2011 Daniel Lee (Director, Writer) Tony Leung Siu-Hung (Action Director) Leon Lai Jordan Chan Zhang Han-Yu Liu Yi-Fei Anthony Wong Fung Shiu-Fung Zhang Hanyu Andy On Du Yi-Heng Chen Kuan-Tai Wu Ma Tony Cheung (Cinematographer) Gorgeous production with interesting characters and plot (Monday, April 23, 2012)
	Twelve Gold Medallions Hong Kong 1970 Ching Gong (Director, Writer) Hsu Erh-Niu (Action Director) Sammo Hung (Action Director) Shaw Brothers (Production Company) Yueh Hua Chin Ping Ching Miao Lisa Chiao Chiao Wang Hsieh Huang Chung-Hsing Yeung Chi-Hing Ku Feng Not quite as impressive as I remembered (Sunday, November 7, 2021) Superlative (Sunday, April 13, 2003)
	Throne Of Blood Japan 1957 Akira Kurosawa (Director) Toshiro Mifune Isuzu Yamada Takashi Shimura Akira Kubo Yoichi Tachikawa Minoru Chiaki Asakazu Nakai (Cinematographer) Kurosawa's interpretation of Macbeth (Friday, January 4, 2013)
	The Water Margin Hong Kong 1972 Chang Cheh (Director, Writer) Wu Ma (Director, Actor) Pao Hsueh-Li (Director) Lau Kar-Leung (Action Director) Tang Chia (Action Director) Lau Kar-Wing (Action Director) Chan Chuen (Action Director) Shaw Brothers (Production Company) David Chiang Tetsuro Tamba Tung Lam Ku Feng Yueh Hua Ti Lung Lily Ho Fan Mei-Sheng Chen Kuan-Tai Danny Lee Sau-Yin I Kuang (Writer) A lavish production delivering entertainment (Sunday, September 17, 2023)
	The Warlords China 2007 Raymond Yip (Director) Peter Chan Ho-Sun (Director) Ching Siu-Tung (Action Director) Jet Li Andy Lau Takeshi Kaneshiro Xu Jing-Lei Wei Zong-Wan Ku Pao-Ming Zhou Bo Guo Xiao-Dong Aubrey Lam (Writer) James Yuen (Writer) Arthur Wong (Cinematographer) Peter Ngor (Cinematographer) Jimmy Wong Gam-Shing (Cinematographer) Comfort Chan (Soundtrack) Leon Ko (Soundtrack) Decent remake of THE BLOOD BROTHERS (1973) (Saturday, January 26, 2008)
	The Myth Hong Kong 2005 Stanley Tong (Director, Action Director) Jackie Chan (Action Director, Actor) Yuen Tak (Action Director, Actor) Kim Hee-Seon Tony Leung Ka-Fai Yu Rong-Guang Ken Lo Patrick Tam Malika Sherawat Sun Zhou Over-reaches in places, but surprisingly good overall (Tuesday, January 31, 2006)
	The Messenger: Joan Of Arc France 1999 Luc Besson (Director) Milla Jovovich Interminable (Monday, October 28, 2002)
	The Last Samurai USA 2003 Edward Zwick (Director) Ken Watanabe Tom Cruise Billy Connolly Masato Harada Hiroyuki Sanada A very enjoyable historical epic. (Friday, December 26, 2003)
	The Heroic Ones Hong Kong 1970 Chang Cheh (Director, Writer) Lau Kar-Leung (Action Director) Lau Kar-Wing (Action Director, Actor) Tang Chia (Action Director) Shaw Brothers (Production Company) David Chiang Ti Lung Ku Feng Chin Han Chen Sing Pao Chia-Wen Lo Wai James Nam Liu Kang Sung Yuan Huang Pei-Chi Wang Kuang-Yu Chan Chuen Wang Chung Lily Li Li-Li Bolo Yeung Yuen Cheung-Yan Yen Shi-Kwan Yuen Shun-Yi Hsu Hsia Yuen Wo-Ping Huang Ha Fung Hak-On Chui Fat Tang Tak-Cheung Phillip Ko I Kuang (Writer) Kung Mu-To (Cinematographer) Wang Fu-Ling (Soundtrack) Probably seemed better at the time than it does now (Sunday, January 5, 2003)
	The Emperor's Shadow China 1996 Zhou Xiaowen (Director) Jiang Wen Ge You Xu Qing Ge Zhijun Wang Qingxiang Di Guoqiang Wang Ning Shu Yaoxuan Lu Wei (Writer) Zhao Ji-Ping (Soundtrack) Lu Gengxin (Cinematographer) Zhao Jiping (Soundtrack) A beautiful intimate epic (Sunday, March 3, 2024)