Empowered by the love of a slave (Jang), a royal concubine (Cheung) is given the chance to make an extraordinary decision. Read more
| Starring | Ye Liu, Hiroyuki Sanada, Dong-Kun Jang, Cecilia Cheung |
|---|---|
| Director | Chen Kaige |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller, World Cinema |
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Empowered by the love of a slave (Jang), a royal concubine (Cheung) is given the chance to make an extraordinary decision.
| Starring | Ye Liu, Hiroyuki Sanada, Dong-Kun Jang, Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Hong Chen, Cheng Qian |
|---|---|
| Director | Chen Kaige |
| Studio | MOMENTUM PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 42 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 42 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Mandarin Blu-ray: Mandarin |
| Subtitles | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 27 Apr 2009 Blu-ray: 27 Apr 2009 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
A glorious martial arts fantasy
This is one of my favourite foreign films of all time. It is a great example of visual escapism at it's best - costumes, sets and locations are breathtaking. This film is not action packed by any means but what action there is, is well shot and choreographed well. What is amazing also is that japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada learnt the Mandarin language to play this part.
Oh and by the way 'A customer from Kent ' who gave this film 1 star because he's too lazy to read subtitles on his TV...... don't rent anymore foreign films.