Our Diversions @shengsterino: 铜雀台 The Assassins (2012 华夏电影 Huaxia Film)

铜雀台
The Assassins

《铜雀台》（英语：The Assassins）是一部2012年上映的中国大陆古装历史片，由长影集团有限责任公司、共和智力影业（北京）有限公司、北京光线影业有限公司等联合出品，光线影业和华夏电影发行有限责任公司联合发行，并由新锐导演赵林山执导，周润发、刘亦菲、玉木宏领衔主演。影片以东汉末年为背景，讲述一代枭雄曹操（周润发饰）在樊城之战获胜归来后，面对朝中涌动的暗流，不动声色之下秘密部署，最终在对方的政变阴谋发动后，率领铜雀台中的伏兵后发制人，一举击溃敌军，但自己亦猝然崩逝。本片于2011年10月8日在河北涿州影视城开机，期间曾转战北京怀柔影视基地取景拍摄，次年1月10日杀青。影片原定于2012年9月28日在中国大陆正式公映，后提前两天至9月26日上映

The Assassins, previously known as Bronze Sparrow Terrace or Bronze Sparrow Platform, is a Chinese historical drama film directed by Zhao Linshan, starring Chow Yun-fat as Cao Cao, a prominent warlord who became the de facto head of the central government in China towards the end of the Han dynasty. The film, released in October 2012, focuses on Cao Cao's life in his later years and depicts two assassination attempts on the warlord. The supporting cast includes Liu Yifei, Hiroshi Tamaki, Alec Su, Annie Yi, Qiu Xinzhi, Yao Lu and Ni Dahong. The film's Chinese title is a reference to the Bronze Bird Terrace, a terrace constructed in 210 by Cao Cao in the ancient city of Ye (in present-day Handan, Hebei).

Starring演员
周润发Chow Yun-fat, 刘亦菲Liu Yifei, 玉木宏Hiroshi Tamaki, 苏有朋Alec Su, 邱心志, 伊能静Annie Yi, 倪大红Ni Dahong, 姚橹, 保剑锋, 池程, 曲泉丞, 彭敬慈, 郭金非, 田瑞辉

Plot
The film is set in China in the late 210s – the years preceding the end of the Han dynasty. Over a period of two decades, Cao Cao had defeated Lü Bu and other rival warlords to gain supremacy in northern and central China. In 216, he is granted the title of a vassal king, the "King of Wei", by Emperor Xian, the figurehead Han ruler controlled by him. He constructs the Bronze Sparrow Platform as a showcase of his power. Lingju is the orphaned daughter of Lü Bu and Diaochan. She, like many other orphaned children of Cao Cao's enemies, was recruited in her childhood by Cao Cao's rivals to be trained as assassins to kill Cao. She meets Mu Shun, who protects her while she is in training and falls in love with him. Mu Shun is castrated and Lingju and Mu Shun eventually find their way into court life: Lingju is taken by Cao Cao as one of his mistresses while Mu Shun becomes a palace eunuch. There are two major attempts on Cao Cao's life. The first is masterminded by Empress Fu Shou and her father Fu Wan. This plan fails and Cao Cao has the conspirators – including the empress – executed in front of Emperor Xian. The second is a revolt led by the imperial physician Ji Ben and his supporters, but the rebellion is swiftly crushed. Cao Cao suspects that his son, Cao Pi, is involved in the assassination plots. Mu Shun fails in his attempt to kill Cao Cao, who reveals that he knew all along that Lingju is planning to assassinate him. Cao Cao promises to spare Lingju's life. In return, Mu Shun disguises himself as Cao Cao and rides out of the city, only to be mortally wounded by Lingju, who mistakes him for Cao and stabs him with her father's weapon. Lingju then commits suicide to join Mu Shun.

剧情

庚子年，恰逢天象“四星合一”，预示改朝换代之征兆。曹操（周润发饰）的部属、尤其他的公子曹丕（邱心志饰），希望借此良机推献帝禅位、曹操登基；同时反对曹操的势力，也加紧了行动，无人知晓四星合一之时，大汉天下将发生何种惊天动地之事。关中，马超、韩遂的俘虏营后方，少男穆顺（玉木宏饰）、少女灵雎（刘亦菲饰）被一支铁骑掠走，押到一个巨大陵墓里，进行残酷的训练，他们将被塑造成铁血死士，完成一个不可告人的惊天任务。五年后，曹操盛殓关羽，回到铜雀台（今邯郸市临漳县），灵雎一袭红衣出现在曹操身旁。柔弱的汉献帝（苏有朋饰）、野心勃勃的伏后（伊能静饰）对曹操的归来噤若寒蝉，大臣们亦是各怀鬼胎。四星即将合一，一出“杀死曹操”的阴谋大戏正在紧锣密鼓的谋划着