37 Films & TV Shows Set In Asia During The 12th Century
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White Snake II: The Tribulation of the Green Snake
Zhejiang Province The 12th CenturyDependence arises from the previous life. โ Endless abyss, ruins, foreign objects, entanglement, everything indicates that this catastrophe about Xiaoqing is coming. The sequel to Light Chaser's animated film about the legend of the White Snake.
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White Snake
๐จ๐ณ China The 12th CenturyOne day a young woman named Blanca is saved by Xuan, a snake catcher from a nearby village. She has lost her memory, and together they go on a journey to discover her real identity, developing deeper feelings for one another along the way. But as they learn more about her past, they uncover a darker plot of supernatural forces vying for power, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
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Outcast
๐จ๐ณ China The 12th CenturyTo save their souls they must save a kingdom. โ A mysterious warrior teams up with the daughter and son of a deposed Chinese Emperor to defeat their cruel Uncle, who seeks their deaths.
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The Four 3
๐จ๐ณ China The 12th CenturyThe Four 3 Final โ The reputation of the Four constables survives, but since Emotionlessโs departure, there have been changes at the Divine Constabulary. The four Coldblood, Iron Hands, Life Snatcher, rescue Zhuge Zhengwo from An Yunshanโs mountain fortress, then with the Emperor and Di armies, they attack. But An Yunshan absorbs their power, which means the constables and their allies now face their most lethal opponent yet, a nearly invincible kung fu master who wonโt stop until he has absolute power...
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The Prince and the 108 Demons
๐จ๐ณ China The 12th CenturyThe Prince and the 108 Demons โ Empire of China. 12th century. The King Demons terrorize the land. To defeat these monsters, one needs the courage of a hundred tigers, the strength of a thousand buffalo, the cunning of as many snakes... and have the luck of the devil. All young Prince Duan has are fanciful illusions and stoutness. All Zhang-the-Perfect has is his monk's staff and a bunch of incomprehensible proverbs. All the little beggar Pei Pei has is the gift of the gab and a large appetite. But, most of all, Prince Duan, the old monk and the little beggar girl didn't know that it is impossible to defeat the King Demons. So they did it!
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The Four 2
๐จ๐ณ China The 12th CenturyThe four constables Emotionless, Iron Hands , Life Snatcher and ColdBlood are specially skilled in their own individual super powers. When the four constables of the Divine Constabulary investigate a murder in the suburbs, they unexpectedly stumble on clues to the murder of Emotionless's family 15 years ago.
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The Four
๐จ๐ณ China The 12th CenturyAn undercover agent is assigned by his corrupt chief to infiltrate a rival department and sabotage their investigation of counterfeit currency. What he discovers is the counterfeiter's real plan. To overthrow the capital. Not by flooding it with funny money, but with an army of undead.
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The Sorcerer and the White Snake
๐จ๐ณ China The 12th CenturyThe Sorcerer and the White Snake is an ancient Chinese fable about a woman demon who falls in love with a mortal is brought to life through the latest advances in CGI and action techniques.
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Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End
๐ธ๐ช Sweden ๐ธ๐พ Syria The 13th Century The 12th CenturyArn has served his term in the Holy land and returns home to be reunited with his beloved Cecilia. When he returns home, he discovers that political forces tries to separate him and Cecilia - but thanks to queen Blanka they can finally get married. Arn knows that war is looming and with his martial knowledge he starts to build an army at his new home at Forsvik.
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Dasavatharam
Nevada ๐ฎ๐ณ India Tokyo Prefecture The 12th CenturyBio-technologist Govind K Somaiyya sets about on a precarious journey to India to retrieve a vial containing a deadly virus and prevent it from reaching the wrong hands of an ex-CIA agent and deadly assassins.
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Milarepa
Tibet The 12th Century The 11th CenturyMilarepa depicts the humble beginnings of the man who was to become Tibet's greatest saint. A true story based on centuries-old oral traditions, a youthful Milarepa is propelled into a world of sorrow and betrayal after his father's sudden death. Destitute and hopeless, he sets out to learn black magic - and exact revenge on his enemies - encountering magicians, demons, an enigmatic teacher and unexpected mystical power along the way. But it is in confrontation with the consequences of his anger that he learns the most. Photographed in the stunning Lahaul-Spiti region of Northern India, Milarepa offers a provocative parallel to the cycle of violence and retribution consuming today's world.
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Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
๐ฒ๐ณ Mongolia The 13th Century The 12th CenturyGreatness comes to those who take it. โ The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.
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Arn: The Knight Templar
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel The 12th CenturyA Knight in the Holy Land. A Woman in the Frozen North. A War that Kept Them Apart. โ Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.
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Genghis Khan: To The Ends Of The Earth And Sea
๐ฒ๐ณ Mongolia The 13th Century The 12th CenturyA look at Genghis Khan's life, from his birth to conquests in Asia.
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Kingdom of Heaven
๐ซ๐ท France ๐จ๐พ Cyprus ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel ๐ต๐ธ Palestine ๐ฎ๐น Italy The 12th CenturyBe without fear in the face of your enemies. Safeguard the helpless, and do no wrong โ After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
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Genghis Khan
๐ฒ๐ณ Mongolia The 13th Century The 12th CenturyDuring the 12th Century a boy is born to a tribal chief. He is named Temujin, which means "blacksmith." Nine years later, his father is murdered by the Tartars After a long struggle, just when Temujin reclaims tribal chief status, the Merkit tribe kidnaps his wife. In order to fight against the Merkits, Temujin has to use his mother as a pawn in exchange for troops from ally tribes. Temujin manages to rescue his wife only to realise that she is pregnant with the enemy's child. Enduring tremendous anguish, Temujin throws himself into battle against the Tartars and slaughters the leader of the intruders. He eventually takes his wife back and accepts her child. Later on, he begins a campaign to unify all Mongolian tribes. By the age of 40, he is bestowed the title "Genghis Khan", which means "oceanic ruler".
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Forbidden City Cop
๐จ๐ณ China The 12th CenturySet in Imperial China, Stephen Chiau plays Ling Ling Fat, one of the elite Emperor's guards in the Forbidden City. However unlike his colleagues he doesn't know anything about Kung Fu or other martial-arts, but instead uses his time to make futuristic inventions. So when the emperor is kidnapped and the world most beautiful geisha comes to town Fat has to use his brain to get things done.
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Ashes of Time
๐จ๐ณ China The 13th Century The 12th CenturyOuyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days in the desert, connecting expert swordsmen with those seeking revenge and willing to pay for it. Throughout five seasons in exile, Ouyang spins tales of his clients' unrequited loves and unusual acts of bravery.
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Green Snake
๐จ๐ณ China The 12th CenturyA mischievous snake who assumes human form interferes with the romance between her reptilian sister and a hapless man.
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The Eagle Shooting Heroes
๐จ๐ณ China The 12th CenturyA power struggle between the Queenโs treasonous lover and a princess occurs amid musical numbers, slapstick battles, and martial arts acrobatics.
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All Men Are Brothers - Blood of the Leopard
๐จ๐ณ China The 12th CenturyBased on parts of the classic Chinese novel The Water Margin (aka Outlaws of the Marsh).
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Shinran: Path to Purity
๐ฏ๐ต Japan The 12th CenturyIn the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school (Shingon) offered extensive training in complex and very demanding practices which might eventually bring about spiritual purification and realization. Various Zen schools offered students a lengthy path, literally composed of a blank wall and unceasing meditation. Yet another school (Tendai) emphasized complex metaphysics and the study of philosophical systems. Basically, all of them were designed to cater to the few who were able to give up everything else in their lives and focus on liberation, such as scholars and noblemen. In this historical and biographical drama, this is the situation that the young Shinran (1173-1263) discovered when he began exploring Buddhism as an alternative to the violence and ceaseless civil wars that racked Japan at the time.
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All Men Are Brothers
๐จ๐ณ China The 12th Century"All Men Are Brothers" is the sequel to "Water Margin" a.k.a. "Seven Blows of the Dragon" from 1972. At the beginning of "All Men Are Brothers", we learn that the emperor forgives the 108 Liangshan rebels since he finds they have the same enemies. The small army tries to conquer the city Hangchow, but is defeated. They send 7 spies to gather information about the city's defense before they attack a second time.
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The Water Margin
๐จ๐ณ China The 12th CenturySeven masters with a thousand ways to kill! โ The corruption in the Sung Dynasty of 11th century China is so rampant that it inspires a band of Oriental Robin Hoods - the Honorable 108. Mountain bandits who nevertheless live by a scrupulous code of conduct, the Honorable 108 pledge to end the repression of the brutal overlords.
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The Delightful Forest
๐จ๐ณ China The 12th CenturyLegendary fighter Wu Song is sent to prison in Mengzhou province after murdering his sister-in-law and her lover. There he meets with the prison officer Shih En, who saves Wu from the baton punishment required for new prisoners. Wu learns that Shih's restaurant, "The Delightful Forest" has been occupied by Chiang Chung. Wu returns to the restaurant- a place he's dined in previously.
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