I'd like to watch it again.

March 24, 2009 2:52 PM

Please help me find this Asian-period-piece-war-movie about two generals who fight a series of battles against each other.

I'm trying to remember the title of a film I saw at least five years ago and probably more like ten years ago. It was an Asian film (I'm pretty sure it was Chinese, but wouldn't swear to it. I'm almost certain that it was not Japanese.) My memories of it are pretty weak, but here's what I got:

The film revolved around two generals who fought each other several times over their lives. They fought at least three times. The film took place in the past when edged weapons were the main form of battle, but there may have been early gunpowder weapons. I think that boulders were deployed as weapons in one fight. I also think that the two armies were "color coded" with very bright complementary colors.

Any ideas? My vague Googling just keeps bringing up links to Red Cliff, which I'm now psyched to see, but isn't the movie I'm looking for.

posted by Bookhouse to Media & Arts (3 answers total)

Best answer: Perhaps it's Ten to Chi to (trans. Heaven and Earth). Japanese film about the conflicts between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin. Each featured army was color-coordinated, which was rather impressive given the amount of men and horses used. One of the scenes featured "flaming boulders" dropped from atop the mountain onto an advancing army.
posted by CancerMan at 3:01 PM on March 24, 2009

Response by poster: God, I love MetaFilter. That's totally it. Guess i was wrong about it not being Japanese.
posted by Bookhouse at 3:02 PM on March 24, 2009

Side note: Red Cliff is indeed awesome. You may want to, er... acquire... a subtitled version of the Chinese release online, though, since the eventual American release will supposedly smash the two films into one and cut out an hour or two.
posted by qxntpqbbbqxl at 8:27 PM on March 24, 2009