House of Flying Daggers
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Synopsis
Set in the year is 859 AD, as China's once flourishing Tang Dynasty is in decline, unrest is raging throughout the land. The corrupt government is locked in battle with rebel armies that are forming in protest. The largest, and most prestigious of these rebel groups is the House of Flying Daggers, which is growing ever more powerful under a mysterious new leader. Two local captains, Leo and Jin are ordered to capture the new leader and the two hatch an elaborate plan. Captain Jin will pretend to be a lone warrior called Wind and rescue the beautiful, blind revolutionary Mei from prison, earning her trust and escorting her to the secret headquarters of the House of Flying Daggers. The plan works, but to their surprise, Jin and Mei fall deeply in love on their long journey to the House. Danger lurks in the forest surrounding them, and the wind is still, as if sensing the tension in the air. What lies ahead for Jin and Mei, these star-crossed lovers? If this is true love, then why are there plots in their heads, and secrets in their hearts?
Director
Zhang Yimou
Cast
Zhang Ziyi
Andy Lau
Takeshi Kaneshiro
Li Meng
Yang Guang
Dong Ming
Liu Dong
Chou Jingxiu
Tian Liping
Guo Cuifang
Wang Kun
Lin Xiuqiang
Li Qiang
Shang Yisha
Zi Qi
Guo Jun
Hao Bojie
Zhao Hongfei
Yang Xiadong
Zhang Jidong
Huang Xueying
Wang Yabin
Zhang Shuo
Hong Yu
Li Chengyuan
Hu Jiwei
Wu Weifeng
Zhao Hongwei
Jia Pengfang
Yan Yan
Zhang Kejia
Chen Liang
Ge Dan
Zhang Zhengyong
Fu Yang
Bob Zung
Wang Xuanyi
Huang Jingwen
Luo Tianyou
Xu Ge
Wen Yang
Huang Weina
Song Dandan
Kohichiro Tashiro
Qu Xuedong
Liu Ying
Zhu Lin
Zhang Shu
Wang Jiusheng
Konno Hitoshi
Shota Mochizuki
Ikuo Kakehashi
Song Chacha
Zhu Jiajun
Zheng Lu
Wang Yongxin
Zheng Jie
Zheng Xiaodong
Crew
Kathleen Battle
Kathleen Battle
Wang Bin
Wang Bin
Zhao Bin
Steve Burgess
Li Cai
Tony Ching
Sun Dachuan
Li Feng
Li Feng
Ron Feruglio
Mark Franken
Yang Xiao Hai
Wang Yu Hong
Liu Jia
Ji Jianmin
Zhang Jianmin
Zhang Jie
Tian Kai
Vic Kaspar
Larissa Khaliapina
William Kong
Nadia Hryhorivna Kostyuk
Angie Lam
Raymond Lam
Chen Li
Wang Lige
Geng Ling
Cheng Long
Fu Lulu
Pu Lun
Jane Maguire
Wu Ming
Liu Mingna
Jo Mion
Sachiko Miyano
Kwan Lee Na
Andrew Neil
Maria Lo Orzel
Stanley J. Orzel
Paul Pirola
Vasyl Vasylyovych Prorochuk
Chen Qiaona
Huang Bao Rong
Tsutomu Satomi
Roger Savage
Roger Savage
Lu Sen
Zhao Shufen
Chau Siu-mui
Blair Slater
Minoru Tanaka
Minoru Tanaka
Ge Tianhui
Huo Tingxiao
Shigeru Umebayashi
Mario Vaccaro
Emi Wada
Zhang Weiping
Zhao Xiaoding
Zhao Xiaoding
Kang Xiaowei
Chang Xiaoyang
Wei Xinhua
Wang Yanping
Alice Yeung
Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou
Zhang Zhenyan
Han Zhong
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Released in United States Winter December 3, 2004
Released in United States on Video April 19, 2005
Released in United States September 2004 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival September 17-25, 2004.)
Released in United States September 2004 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival September 3-6, 2004.)
Winner of the 2004 award for Best Director by the National Society of Film Critics (NSFC).
Winner of the 2004 award for Best Foreign-Language Film by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA).
Winner of the 2004 award for Outstanding Production Design by the National Board of Review (NBR).
Winner of the 2004 awards for Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film by the Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC).
Winner of the 2004 Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing in Foreign Feature by the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE).
Winner of the 2004 Satellite Award for Best Cinematography and co-winner of the Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects by the International Press Academy (IPA).
Released in United States Winter December 3, 2004
Released in United States on Video April 19, 2005
Released in United States September 2004
Released in United States October 2004
Released in United States November 2004
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival September 17-25, 2004.
Shown at New York Film Festival October 1-17, 2004.
Released in United States October 2004 (Shown at New York Film Festival October 1-17, 2004.)
Released in United States November 2004 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Gala) November 4-14, 2004.)
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