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Ying Xiong (Hero) / Hero

Zhang Yimou
Txina - Hong Kong      98 m.
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Towards the end of its Warring States period (481-221 BC), China was divided into seven separate kingdoms which each fought ruthlessly for supremacy over the others. Qin, King of the Northern province, had long been the target of assassins and had promised all kinds of recompense to the person who defeated his worst enemies: the warriors Broken Sword, Flying Snow and Sky. Ten years later, Nameless, an enigmatic county sheriff, comes to Qin bearing the weapons of the slain assassins, giving a detailed account of how he came by them. But the King has his own version of the events... Nothing is as simple as it seems in a story mixing love, honour and duty and which, finally, tells us about what it's like to be a hero.
Director
Zhang Yimou
Screenplay
Li Feng, Zhang Yimou, Wang Bin
Photography
Christopher Doyle
Edition
Zhai Ru, Angie Lam
Music
Tan Dun
Cast
Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen
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Focus Features International 417 Canal St. 7th Fl. New York, NY 10013 Tel 1 212
Running Time
98 m.
Country
Txina - Hong Kong
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