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Released , 'The Romance of Book and Sword' stars Da Shichang, Duofu Zhang, Liu Jia, Chenxi Sun The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 28 min, and received a user score of 55 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 6 top users.
What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "The story is based on the popular novel developed from folk legend. It goes that the Manchurian emperor Qianlong of China (circa 18th Century) was actually the son of a Han Chinese, the subject ethnicity. His brother of blood, Chen Jialuo just happened to be the chief of the Red Flower Society, an anti-Manchu secret society. Chen, a learned scholar, thought he could get his brother turn his back on the Manchu and restore the Han Chinese reign. But the story was ended by brutal clearence of the society members. It reflects one of the dark pages in Chinese culture, that ethics and humanity always become impotent when countered with power." .
