Romance of the Three Kingdoms

1985 1h 33m JA

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8.5

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★8.5TMDB · 2

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Synopsis

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Sangokushi is set in the waning days of the Han dynasty. Central rule has disintegrated, and the land is controlled by multiple warlords. Liu Bei Xuande is a warrior who aspires to build a just state and to serve the people.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kazuhiko Inoue
Liu Bei Xuande (voice)
Kei Tomiyama
Zhuge Liang Kongming (voice)
Fumi Hirano
Princess Lihua (voice)
Masaru Ikeda
Sun Quan Zhongmou (voice)
Eiko Yamada
Yu Jin (voice)
Tetsurō Sagawa
Guan Yu (voice)
Atsushi Watanabe
Zhang Fei (voice)
Banjo Ginga
Xu Chu (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tetsuo Imazawa
Writers: Luo Guanzhong, Sukehiro Tomita
Languages: Arabic
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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41 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 7

CINEMA

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Part of the "Sangokushi OVA Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tetsuo Imazawa, shot by Akihiko Takahashi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Kazuhiko Inoue and Kei Tomiyama and Fumi Hirano carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt7973996 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tetsuo Imazawa directs. Akihiko Takahashi behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Arabic.

Trivia

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141 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Sangokushi OVA Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Tetsuo Imazawa, shot by Akihiko Takahashi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Kazuhiko Inoue and Kei Tomiyama and Fumi Hirano carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt7973996 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.