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Release date United Kingdom: TBA

Director: Sergei Bodrov

Cast:

Aliya as Oelun
Tegen Ao as Charkhu
Tadanobu Asano as Temudjin
Ying Bai as Merchant with golden ring
Khulan Chuluun as Börte
Bao Di as Todoen
Bayertsetseg Erdenebat as Young Borte
Deng Ba Te Er as Daritai
You Er as Sorgan-Shira
Sai Xing Ga as Chiledu
Ba Yin Qi Qi Ge as Temulun
Ba De Rong Gui as Young Taichar
Sun Ben Hon as Monk
Zhang Jiong as Tangut Garrison Chief
Amadu Mamadakov as Targutai
Odnyam Odsuren as Young Temudjin
He Qi as Dai-Sechen
Li Jia Qi as Mungun
Bu Ren as Taichar
Su Ya La Su Rong as Girkhai
Ba Sen as Esugei
Honglei Sun as Jamukha
Ba Te as Khasar
Ba Ti as Dzhuchi
Ba Tu as Altan
Ji Ri Mu Tu as Boorchu
Tunga as Sochikhel
Amarbold Tuvshinbayar as Young Jamukha

About:

Based on leading scholarly accounts and written by Bodrov and Arif Aliyev, "Mongol" delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the ruler who was born as Temudgin in 1162. As it follows Temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny, the film paints a multidimensional portrait of the future conqueror, revealing him not as the evil brute of hoary stereotype, but as an inspiring, fearless and visionary leader. "Mongol" shows us the making of an extraordinary man, and the foundation on which so much of his greatness rested: his relationship with his wife, Borte, his lifelong love and most trusted advisor.

Filmed in the very lands that gave birth to Genghis Khan, "Mongol" transports us back to a distant and exotic period in world history; to a nomad’s landscape of endless space, climatic extremes and ever-present danger. In a performance of powerful stillness and subtlety, celebrated young Japanese actor Asano Tadanobu ("Zatoichi," "Last Life in the Universe") captures the inner fire that enabled a hunted boy to become a legendary conqueror. Asano’s achievement is matched by those of his co-stars, including the radiant newcomer Khulan Chuluun as Temudgin’s courageous, spirited wife Borte, and the Chinese actor Honglei Sun ("The Road Home") as the Mongol chieftain Jamukha, Temudgin’s dearest friend and deadliest enemy. Masterfully blending action and emotion against some of the most arresting terrain on earth, Bodrov delivers an exciting and awe-inspiring tale of survival and triumph, and a love story for the ages.

Genres:
Drama - History

Producers: Sergei Bodrov, Bulat Galimgereyev

Writers: Arif Aliyev, Sergei Bodrov

Studio: Picturehouse