Is there a good movie, TV show or series about 3K?

[VoiD]

I know some of the story but I wanted to know the whole thing, at least the main points, and the books may take a while, plus the chinese names, it's easier to remember characters when you can associate them with a face.

Any recommendations?

[ii_Gizmo_ii]

Is there a good Google, Google or Google about 3K

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Kingdoms_(TV_series)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcZ2zq82ebA

[Darth Alpharius]

You can Also find Red cliff Part 1 & 2 on youtube

[iicycube]

The 1st true history you need to watch is "三国演义" after than you can watch the "three kingdoms 2010" version which is more base on novel..

[ZWarrior]

I tried to get into the Zhao Yun series but oh my god it looked to cheesy to me. Looked like something made for teens

[iicycube]

Originally posted by ZWxGunslinger:

I tried to get into the Zhao Yun series but oh my god it looked to cheesy to me. Looked like something made for teens

The newer Zhao yun drama is just about his life with little to none about the 3K story, there is even liu bei,sun and cao solo story as well..

[Power_Bert]

There is tons of stuff out there. The biggest cinematic release is probably John Woos "Red Cliff". Just be sure to watch the long version which consists of two full movies. There was a western release which just cut both movies together. Blah.

[Darth Alpharius]

Originally posted by iicycube:

The 1st true history you need to watch is "三国演义" after than you can watch the "three kingdoms 2010" version which is more base on novel..

Cant find any English sub for that cartoon/anime

[MadCat]

Best and more accurate are:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms_(TV_series)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Kingdoms_(TV_series)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms_(2009_animation)

Rest depict only a small part of the story:
Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon 2008
Red Cliff 2008
The Lost Bladesman 2011
The Assassins 2012

[ii_Gizmo_ii]

Originally posted by Papa_Bla:

the best one is :

https://youtu.be/26EivpCPHnQ

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Also This

[FknMental]

Red Cliff DIRECTORS CUT. Its like 4 hours long, but its the best Three Kingdoms Movie there is by far. by far.

[Shineshine]

Red Cliff I think got at least 2 Parts, Basicallly If you want to know a summary of everything I will suggest you to watch the Movies Red Cliff , Red CLiff 2 , it is like a summary of everything into one. THe shortest and quickest way to know 3 Kingdoms. The Major characters will mostly be there.

[Kuromiya]

Originally posted by VoiD:

I know some of the story but I wanted to know the whole thing, at least the main points, and the books may take a while, plus the chinese names, it's easier to remember characters when you can associate them with a face.

Any recommendations?

Play Dynasty Warriors. The character designs are EXTREMELY memorable, and you will easily be able to remember faces for the names.

[Kuromiya]

That said, all you really need to know is this:

The Three Kingdoms are run by Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian/Ce/Quan.

Liu Bei is the good guy.

Cao Cao is the bad guy.

Sun Jian/Ce/Quan is the awesome guy.

And Lu Bu is the OP edgelord self-insert character.

[Poqreslux]

I could plug my own video but even I'm not that shameless. My recommendations are the following -

TV Show: "Three Kingdoms (2010)" My favorite adaptation in cinematic form, it has a great cast and performances. At times it deviates slightly from both the novel and history, but even then it is very fantastic. It covers all the major events of this period starting just before this game's starting point. Can be found on YouTube. Legality is another question entirely.

Movie: "Red Cliff" Try to watch the 4 hour international version (a.k.a. Parts 1 & 2). It is a historical epic about the battle of Red Cliff (also known as Battle of Chi Bi) which is a playable historical battle in the game. Can be rented from most movie sites like YouTube and Amazon as far as I know.

Anime: "Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi" Relatively short anime about 47 or 48 episodes that follows Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei (and all the supporting characters that cross their paths) up until the Battle of Red Cliff. I believe this one is available on Crunchyroll. You can also find it other places if you know where to look.

Other honourable mentions:
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (1994) - Television show almost just as good as Three Kingdoms 2010, a little harder to find in good quality with English subs.

Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the The Dragon - a contemporary of Red Cliff, its a film about the life of Zhao Yun, a sentinel hero for Gongsun Zan in this game, who spent the majority of his life serving Liu Bei.

The Lost Bladesman - A movie about Guan Yu, based on the fictional story of Guan Yu and the Five Passes, where Guan Yu fled from Cao Cao and passed five checkpoints and slew six officers.

There's a lot more than this, but it should get you started.

If games are more your speed, honestly Dynasty Warriors 7 or 8's story mode will get you very familiar with a lot of characters and key events pretty quickly if you like those kinds of games.

[Count D'Cinamon]

Well if you just wanna know the essence or very oversimplified of the story, you can watch that oversimplified 3k history that someone mentioned above.

but, if you are interested, you can also watch a tv series called "three kingdom (2010)"

i personally watch that show and there you can see the war in each of the characters perspective and it's very good to see the chemistry behind these characters and faction leaders and how they behave (even tho of course some character are potrayed as the evil and the other potrayed as the just or good)

you can watch it on youtube btw, there's someone who upload like a lot of episodes of it even back from 2013