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Shadow - Trailer
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Genre: Swordsman Historical
Duration: 115 minutes
Actors: Dang Sieu, Ton Le, Trinh Khai, Vuong Thien Nguyen, Ho Quan
Release year: 2018
Shadow is a 2018 Chinese historical epic film, directed by Zhang Yimou. The film has the participation of many movie stars such as Dang Sieu, Ton Le, Ho Quan, Trinh Khai... The plot of Shadow is inspired by the movie Kagemusha by director Kurosawa Akira. At the 55th Golden Horse Awards, the work brought Zhang Yimou the best director award.Shadow revolves around the war for the land of Canh Chau of two fictional countries Bai Quoc and Viem Quoc. Canh Chau was originally the territory of Bai Quoc, which was occupied for 20 years by General Duong Thuong (Ho Quan) of the Yan state. However, Bai Vuong (Trinh Khai) prayed for peace and did not dare to reclaim Canh Chau. He even intended to marry his sister, Princess Thanh Binh (Quan Hieu Dong) to Duong Thuong's son in order to establish an alliance.
Witnessing the weakness of Bai Vuong, the great admiral of Bai Quoc, Tu Ngu (Dang Sieu) came alone to fight Duong Thuong and was seriously injured. He had to live in seclusion in a dark cave, using a death image (substitute) named Canh Chau to continue practicing his moves, defeating Duong Thuong on his behalf.