Red Cliff

Directed by John Woo
Original score composed by Taro Iwashiro
Production and Costume Design by Tim Yip
Starring Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi,
Chang Chen, Zhao Wei, Hu Jun and Lin Chi-Ling


Red Cliff is based on the Battle of Red Cliffs (208-09) and events at the end of the Han Dynasty in ancient China. Many of Tim Yip’s designs for the movie were built in reality, rather than computer generated, from boats and encampments to costumes for entire armies. The staggering scale of the endeavour is documented in the publication ‘Red Cliff, Film as Art.’