Sacrifice

[Machine Translation] Master director Chen Kaigeau's latest work is now available on DVD! The film is a complete adaptation of "Zhao's Orphans," a masterpiece from Shiba Qian's "Historic Records," and is set on a 40,000 square meter open set that perfectly recreates the war-torn world of the Spring and Autumn period. Fan Bingbing, the star of "Sumo Attacks" and "Sun Yat-sen's Warriors" as well as the Suntory Oolong Tea commercial, plays the role of the orphan's tragic mother. The top stars of the Chinese film industry, including Guo Yao, Wang Xueqi, Zhang Fengyi, and Huang Xiaomin, have all come together to play the role. A doctor vows revenge after his child and wife are killed in his place. The love-hate drama that unfolds over his remaining life deeply shakes the viewer's soul! --Ancient China, the Jin Dynasty of the Spring and Autumn period. A plot by a hostile military officer kills all 300 members of the Zhao clan. Only the newborn baby boy escapes thanks to the resourcefulness of his mother, a queen. The queen gave the baby to a doctor who was present at the birth and committed suicide. The doctor tries to protect the baby from the military officers who are trying to eradicate the Zhao clan, but in exchange for the baby's life, his own son is killed. He also loses his beloved wife. Vowing revenge against the warlord, the doctor takes in the orphaned child who survived and becomes the warlord's guest. The orphaned boy, who knows nothing of the warlord's actions, begins to call the doctor "father" and the warlord "father" in adoration. This was the doctor's goal...

Special Feature / Bonus Track: making-of (30 min. approx.), trailer(s) (subject to change)

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名匠チェン・カイコー監督最新作がDVD化! 司馬遷『史記』の名作「趙氏孤児」を完全映画化。4万平方メートルのオープンセットを設置し、春秋時代の戦乱の世を完全再現した。映画『墨攻』『孫文の義士団』や、サントリー烏龍茶のCMで話題のファン・ビンビンが孤児の悲運の母親役を好演! グォ・ヨウ、ワン・シュエチー、チャン・フォンイー、ホワン・シャオミンなど中国映画界のトップスターが終結! 身代わりにわが子と妻を殺され、復讐を誓う医師。残された命をめぐって繰り広げられる愛憎劇が、見るものの魂を深く揺さぶる! ――古代中国、春秋時代の晋の国。敵対する武官の謀略により、趙氏は一族300人を皆殺しにされる。生まれたばかりの男の赤子だけ、母である妃の機転で難を逃れた。出産に立ち会った医師に赤子を託し妃は自害。医師は、趙氏の根絶やしを図る武官から赤子を守ろうと奔走するが、その子の命と引きかえに、彼自身の子を殺されてしまう。さらには愛する妻までも。武官への復讐を誓った医師は、生き延びた孤児を引きとり、武官の門客となった。何も知らない武官は趙氏最後の子を溺愛し、何も知らない孤児は医師を「父さん」、武官を「父上」と呼び慕うようになる。それが、医師の狙いだった・・・。

メイキング(約35分)、劇場予告編 (予定)