赤壁 적벽대전 Red Cliff 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Cliff is a Chinese epic film based on the Battle of Red Cliffs (208-209 AD) and events during the end of the Han Dynasty and immediately prior to the period of the Three Kingdoms in ancient China. The film was directed by John Woo, and stars Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi, Chang Chen, Hu Jun, Lin Chi-ling and Zhao Wei.

 

Within Asia, Red Cliff was released in two parts, totaling over four hours in length. The first part was released in July 2008 and the second in January 2009. Outside of Asia, a single 2½ hour film was released in 2009, though the two-part version was later released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK. With an estimated budget of US$80 million, Red Cliff is the most expensive Asian-financed film to date. The first part of the film grossed US$124 million in Asia and broke the box office record previously held by Titanic in mainland China.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

조조의 100만 대군에게 큰 타격을 입은 유비 진영.

유비의 책사 제갈량(금성무)은 손권(장첸)과의 동맹을 제안하지만

손권은 조조 대군의 규모 때문에 망설인다.

제갈량은 손권의 마음을 움직이기 위해 손권 휘하의 제일명장 주유(양조위)를 먼저 공략한다.

무기도 격한 언쟁도 없지만 제갈량과 주유의 팽팽한 심리대결은 긴장감을 더하고,

주유는 기예(技藝) 대결을 통해 제갈량과의 연합을 결심하고 자신의 주군, 손권을 설득한다.

 

 

 

 

Ode of Red Cliff

Calligraphy by 趙孟頫 [Zhao MengFu][Chao Meng-Fu]

(1254-1322)Yuan Dynasty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part 1 (Asian release)

In the summer of 208, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, the imperial army led by Chancellor Cao Cao embarks on a campaign to eliminate the southern warlords Sun Quan and Liu Bei in the name of eradicating rebels, with the reluctant approval of the Emperor Xian. Cao Cao's mighty army swiftly conquers the southern province of Jing and the Battle of Changban is ignited when Cao Cao's cavalry starts attacking the civilians who are on an exodus led by Liu Bei. During the battle, Liu's followers, including his sworn brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, give an excellent display of their legendary combat skills by holding off the enemy while buying time for the civilians to retreat. The warrior Zhao Yun fights bravely to rescue Liu Bei's entrapped family but only succeeds in rescuing Liu's infant son.

 

Following the battle, Liu Bei's chief advisor Zhuge Liang sets forth on a diplomatic mission to Eastern Wu to form an alliance between Liu Bei and Sun Quan to deal with Cao Cao's invasion. Sun Quan was initially in the midst of a dilemma of whether to surrender or resist, but his decision to resist Cao Cao hardens after Zhuge Liang's clever persuasion and a subsequent tiger hunt with his Grand Viceroy Zhou Yu and his sister Sun Shangxiang. Meanwhile, naval commanders Cai Mao and Zhang Yun from Jing pledge allegiance to Cao Cao and are received warmly by Cao, who places them in command of his navy.

 

After the hasty formation of the alliance, the forces of Liu Bei and Sun Quan call for a meeting to formulate a plan to counter Cao Cao's army that is rapidly advancing towards Red Cliff from both land and water. The battle begins with Sun Shangxiang leading a light cavalry unit to lure Cao Cao's vanguard army into the Eight Trigrams Formation laid down by the allied forces. Cao Cao's vanguard army is defeated by the allies but Cao shows no disappointment and proceeds to lead his main army to the riverbank directly opposite the allies' main camp where they make camp. While the allies throw a banquet to celebrate their victory, Zhuge Liang thinks of a plan to send Sun Shangxiang to infiltrate Cao Cao's camp on an espionage mission. The duo maintain contact by sending messages via a pigeon. The film ends with Zhou Yu lighting his miniaturised battleships on a map based on the battle formation, signifying his plans for defeating Cao Cao's navy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Main cast

• Tony Leung as Zhou Yu
• Takeshi Kaneshiro as Zhuge Liang
• Zhang Fengyi as Cao Cao
• Chang Chen as Sun Quan
• Zhao Wei as Sun Shangxiang
• Hu Jun as Zhao Yun
• Shidō Nakamura as Gan Xing
• Lin Chi-ling as Xiao Qiao
• Tong Dawei as Sun Shucai
• Hou Yong as Lu Su
• You Yong as Liu Bei

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

중국 후한 後漢 말기에 조조 曹操 가 손권 孫權 과 유비 劉備 의 연합군과 싸웠던 전투이다.

원소 袁紹 를 무찌르고 화북 華北 을 평정한 조조는 중국을 통일하려고 십여만의 대군을 이끌고 남하,

적벽에서 손권·유비 연합군과 대치하였다.

그러나 손권의 장수 황개 黃蓋 가 화공 火攻 계략을 세워 전선 戰船 이 불타는 대패를 당하고 화북으로 후퇴했다.

이 결과 손권의 강남 지배가 확정되고 유비도 형주 荊州 : 湖南省 서부에 세력을 얻어 천하 3분의 형세가 확정되었다.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ode of Red Cliff

Calligraphy by Zhu Yunming 祝永明

 

 

 

 

 

Su Shi (1037-1101)

BATTLE OF THE RED CLIFF
Tune: Nian Nu Qiao " Charm Of A Maiden Singer"

 

 

The endless river eastward flows;
With its huge waves are gone all those
Gallant heroes of bygone years.
West of the ancient fortress years
Red Cliff where General Zhou Yu won his early fame
When the Three Kingdoms were in flame.
Jugged rocks tower in the air
And swashing waves beat on the air
Rolling up a thousand heaps of snow.
To match the hills and the river so fair,
How many heroes brave of yore
Made a great show!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The great river surges east, 
Its waves have scoured away 
Since time began all traces of heroic men. 
The western side of the old fort 
Was once, so people say, 
Known as the Red Cliff of Zhou of the Three Kingdoms. 
With piled-up rocks to stab the sky 
And waves to shake them thunderously 
Churning the frothy mass to mounds of snow, 
It's like a masterpiece in paint. 
Those ages hide how many a hero! 
Think back to those old days; 
that first year when Zhou Yu had just  married  the Young Qiao. 
Then, what a hero he became! 
With waving fan and silken cap 
He talked and laughed at ease 
While masts and oars were blotted out in smoke and flame! 
My wits that stray to realms of old 
Deserve the scorn of all who feel; 
Years pass, and hair grows white so soon. 
Though a man's life is like a dream, 
one toast continues still -- the River and the Moon! 

Tr. Lin Shan

 

 

 

 

 

  

A Painting of Red Cliff (Section)

By Wu YuanZhi (1100 ad)

This is a view from the west (south) bank, with the river flowing from left to right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

적벽으로의 출정을 앞둔 주유를 바라보는 그의 아내 소교는 자신을 흠모하는 조조의 100만 대군에 맞서야 하는 남편,

주유의 안위가 걱정되지만 이를 차마 말하지 못하는 가운데, 유-손 연합군은 적벽으로 향한다.

 

 

 

 

 

Part 2 (Asian release)

Sun Shangxiang has infiltrated Cao Cao's camp and she has been secretly noting details and sending them via a pigeon to Zhuge Liang. Meanwhile, Cao Cao's army is seized with a plague of typhoid fever that kills a number of his troops. Cao orders the corpses to be sent on floating rafts to the allies' camp, hoping to pass the plague on to his enemies. The allied army's morale is affected when some unsuspecting soldiers let the plague in, and eventually a disheartened Liu Bei leaves with his forces while Zhuge Liang stays behind to assist the Eastern Wu forces. Cao Cao hears that the alliance had collapsed and he is overjoyed. At the same time, his naval commanders Cai Mao and Zhang Yun propose a new tactic of interlocking the battleships together with iron beams to minimize rocking when sailing on the river and reduce the chances of the troops falling seasick.

 

Subsequently, Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang make plans on how to eliminate Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, and produce 100,000 arrows respectively. They agreed that whoever fails to complete his mission will be punished by execution under military law. Zhuge Liang's ingenious strategy of borrowing of arrows with straw boats brings in over 100,000 arrows from the enemy and arouses Cao Cao's suspicions about the loyalty of Cai and Zhang towards him. on the other hand, Cao Cao sends Jiang Gan to persuade Zhou Yu to surrender, but Zhou Yu tricks Jiang Gan instead, into believing that Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are planning to assassinate Cao Cao. Both Zhuge and Zhou's respective plans complement each other when Cao Cao is convinced, despite earlier having doubts about Jiang Gan's report, that Cai and Zhang were indeed planning to assassinate him by deliberately "donating" arrows to the enemy. Cai and Zhang are executed and Cao Cao realises his folly afterwards but it is too late.

 

In the Eastern Wu camp, Sun Shangxiang returns from Cao Cao's camp with a map of the enemy formation. Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang decide to attack Cao Cao's navy with fire anticipating that a special climatic condition will soon cause the wind to shift and that the resulting South-East Wind will blow to their advantage. As the Eastern Wu forces make preparations for the fire attack, Huang Gai proposes to Zhou Yu the Self-Torture Ruse to increase their chances of success, but Zhou Yu does not heed it. Before the battle, the forces of Eastern Wu have a final moment together, feasting on glutinous rice balls to celebrate the Winter Festival. Meanwhile, Zhou Yu's wife Xiao Qiao heads towards Cao Cao's camp alone secretly, in hope of persuading Cao Cao to give up his ambitious plans but she fails and decides to distract him instead to buy time for the Eastern Wu forces.

 

The battle begins when the South-East Wind starts blowing in the middle of the night and the Eastern Wu forces launch their full-scale attack on Cao Cao's navy. on the other hand, Liu Bei's forces, which had apparently left the alliance, start attacking Cao Cao's forts on land. By dawn, Cao's entire navy has been destroyed. The allied forces launch another offensive on Cao's ground army, stationed in his forts, and succeeded in breaking through using testudo formation despite suffering heavy casualties. Although Cao Cao is besieged in his main camp, he manages to hold Zhou Yu hostage after catching him off guard together with Cao Hong. Xiahou Jun appears as well holding Xiao Qiao hostage and causes the allied forces to hesitate. In the nick of time, Zhao Yun manages to reverse the situation by rescuing Xiao Qiao with a surprise attack and put Cao Cao at the mercy of the allied forces instead. Eventually, the allied forces decide to spare Cao Cao's life and tell him never to return before leaving for home. In the final scenes, Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang are seen having a final conversation before Zhuge Liang walks away into the far distance with the newborn foal Mengmeng.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ode of Red Cliff (partial)

By Su Shi

 

 

 

 

 

Red Cliff is on the southern bank of Yangtze River (Chang Jiang)

some 100 km up river from the City of WuHan, Hubei Province.

Although Yangtze River generally flows from West to East,

at this point, the river actually flows in the Northeasternly direction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.redclifffilm.com/ 

http://www.chinapage.com/red-cliff.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Cliff_(film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Red_Cliffs

http://www.cine21.com/Movies/Mov_Movie/movie_detail.php?id=21808