Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield
Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield is a 2017 Chinese wuxia film directed by Lu Yang. It is a prequel to the 2014 film Brotherhood of Blades. Set in 17th-century China during the Ming dynasty, the story follows Shen Lian, captain of the jinyiwei, as he searches for the truth behind a conspiracy that framed him, his colleague Pei Lun and a young woman named Beizhai. Starring Chang Chen, Yang Mi and Zhang Yi, the film was released in China on 19 July 2017.
Synopsis
Shen Lian, a jinyiwei officer, killed his colleague Ling Yunkai in order to save the painter Beizhai during a mission to eliminate the rebels. After that, he had to get rid of the suspicion and investigation from Lu Wenzhao and Pei Lun on the one hand, and set fire to the jinyiwei's case library under the threat of a mysterious woman on the other hand. In the turbulent times, Shen Lian and Beizhai fell in love, but they fell deeper and deeper. Behind all this, a huge conspiracy was secretly laid outCast
- Chang Chen as Shen Lian
- Yang Mi as Beizhai
- Zhang Yi as Lu Wenzhao
- Liu Duanduan as the Chongzhen Emperor
- Lei Jiayin as Pei Lun
- Xin Zhilei as Ding Baiying
- Chin Shih-chieh as Wei Zhongxian
- Li Yuan as Ding Chong