Confucius 孔子 공자 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Confucius (Chinese: 孔子) is a 2010 Chinese biographical fantasy adventure drama film written, produced and directed by Hu Mei, starring Chow Yun-fat as the titular Chinese philosopher.

Production on the film began in March 2009 with shooting on location in China's Hebei province and in Hengdian World Studios in Zhejiang.

The film was scheduled to screen later in 2009 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, as well as the 2,560th birthday of Confucius himself. However, the release date was later moved to January 2010.

Funimation Entertainment released it on March 27, 2012 in English Dub on DVD and Blu-Ray.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Traditional	孔子
Simplified	孔子
Mandarin	Kǒng Zǐ
Cantonese	Hung2 Zi2
Directed by	Hu Mei
Produced by	Han Sanping Hu Mei
Written by	Chan Khan He Yanjiang Jiang Qitao Hu Mei
Starring	Chow Yun-fat Zhou Xun Chen Jianbin Ren Quan Lu Yi Yao Lu
Music by	Zhao Jiping
Cinematography	Peter Pau
Editing by	Zhan Haihong
Studio	Dadi Century (Beijing) China Film Group
Distributed by	China Film Group (China)
Release date(s)	28 January 2010 (2010-01-28)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin
Budget	US$22 million
Gross revenue	US$18.6 million

 

 

 

 

 

 

The film begins with Confucius as an old man, thinking back. Then we see him in his early 50s, being promoted from Major to Minister for Law in his home state of Lu. He is confronted with ethical issues after saving a slave-boy who was due to be buried alive with his former master who has just died. There is a lot of complex politics and war, ending with Confucius being rejected and becoming a wandering scholar. After many hardships and losses, he is invited back as an old man. We see him finally preparing the Spring and Autumn Annals 춘추(春秋) expecting that this book will determine his future influence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.confucius.org