This article is about the 2007 film. For the similarly-titled episode of Doctor Who, see The Crusade. For other uses, see Warlord (disambiguation).
2007 Hong Kong film
The Warlords
Theatrical release poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
投名狀
Simplified Chinese
投名状
Literal meaning
discard account
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
tóu míngzhuàng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
Tau4 Ming4 Zong6
Directed by
Peter Chan
Written by
Xu Lan Chun Tin-nam Aubery Lam Huang Jianxin Jojo Hui He Jiping Guo Junli James Yuen
Produced by
Peter Chan Andre Morgan
Starring
Jet Li Andy Lau Takeshi Kaneshiro Xu Jinglei
Cinematography
Arthur Wong
Edited by
Wenders Li
Music by
Chan Kwong-wing Peter Kam Chatchai Pongprapaphan Leon Ko
Production companies
Media Asia Films China Film Group Morgan & Chan Films
Distributed by
Media Asia Distribution
Release dates
12 December 2007 (2007-12-12) (China)
13 December 2007 (2007-12-13) (Hong Kong)
Running time
127 minutes
Countries
Hong Kong China
Language
Mandarin
Budget
$40 million[1]
Box office
$42.9 million[2][3]
The Warlords (投名狀), previously known as The Blood Brothers, is a 2007 Hong Kong epic historical action film directed by Peter Chan, starring Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Xu Jinglei. The film was released on 13 December 2007 simultaneously in most of Asia, except Japan.[4] The film, set in China in the 1860s during the Taiping Rebellion, revolves around the sworn brotherhood of three men.
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