# Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)

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**Original title**: *十月圍城*
**Runtime**: 139 min
**Genres**: Drama, Action, History
**Directed by**: Teddy Chan
**Written by**: Guo Junli, Chun Tin-Nam, Joyce Chan Ka-Yi
**Starring**: Donnie Yen, Wang Xueqi, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung, Hu Jun, Eric Tsang Chi-Wai

> *To save a nations future, they must protect one man from its past.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You protect a revolutionist in 1905 Hong Kong, but assassins close in, and his followers assemble a team to safeguard him, the city's streets becoming a deadly battleground, Teddy Chan brings this era to life.

**Mood tags**: epic, raw

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