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Bodyguards and Assassins
Bodyguards and Assassins is a 2009 Hong Kong historical action film directed by Teddy Chan, featuring an all-star cast, including Donnie Yen, Wang Xueqi, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Nicholas Tse, Hu Jun, Eric Tsang, Simon Yam, Fan Bingbing, Zhou Yun and Leon Lai.
Plot.
In 1905, Sun Wen intends to go abroad to Hong Kong, then a British colony, to discuss his plans with fellow Tongmenghui members to overthrow the corrupt and crumbling Qing dynasty in
Nationalists, fighting the Regent of Illyria and his pro-Fascist government.
The Prince, the son of the Regent and his representative in the negotiations.
Slick, Georges and Leon, Hoederer's bodyguards.
Charles and Frantz, Communist assassins sent to kill Hugo after his release from prison.
Ivan, a saboteur for the Communists.
Historical context.
World War II has a lot to do with this play and how it was written. Illyria (also the location of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night