Kule mpelasonto i Ifilimu yaseShayina "Confucius", eqondiswe futhi yabhalwa u-Hu Mei, futhi abalingisi bakhe abahlanganisa u-Chow Yun Fat, u-Zhou Xun, uLu Yi, u-Ren Quan no-Qiao Zhenyu.
Le filimu yemizuzu engu-110 izoba nokukhululwa okulinganiselwe.
I-movie "Confucius" izositshela ngeminyaka yokugcina yokuphila kwesazi sefilosofi saseShayina esinethonya uConfucius, inkathi esukela ekuthatheni kwakhe isikhundla sezombangazwe eneminyaka engu-51 ubudala, kuze kube sekufeni kwakhe eneminyaka engu-73 ubudala, isikhathi lapho indaba emangalisayo ye ukungqubuzana phakathi kwezifundazwe zaseShayina. Wazalwa ngo-551 BC, washona eyindoda ebaluleke kakhulu esikweni lamaShayina. Kwakuyisikhathi lapho izimpi ezingenakubalwa zaziliwa phakathi kwemibuso yaseShayina. Inkosi uLu ithola usizo lukaConfucius osebenzisa ubuhlakani bakhe nothando ukudambisa isimo sakhe sokungqubuzana kwangaphakathi nezimpi ezingapheli. Kodwa amandla amakhulu ombuso azozizwa esongelwa isazi sefilosofi, ngakho uConfucius uya ekudingisweni ngokuzithandela.