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Overview

User Rating:
7.6/10   36,460 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Feng Li (writer)
Bin Wang (writer)
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Release Date:
14 January 2005 (USA) more
Plot:
A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 16 wins & 36 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(33 articles)
Decade in Review: 2004 Top Ten
 (From FilmExperience. 14 December 2009, 6:56 PM, PST)

Zhang Hoping Youth Tries 'Noodle'
 (From CinemaSpy. 9 December 2009, 9:10 PM, PST)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Takeshi Kaneshiro ... Jin
Andy Lau ... Leo

Ziyi Zhang ... Xiao Mei (as Zhang Ziyi)
Dandan Song ... Yee
Hongfei Zhao ... Performer
Jun Guo ... Performer
Shu Zhang ... Performer
Jiusheng Wang ... Performer
Zhengyong Zhang ... Performer
Yongxin Wang ... Performer
Dong Liu ... Performer
Qi Zi ... Performer
Xuedong Qu ... Performer
Liping Tian ... Performer
Hongwei Zhao ... Performer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
House of Flying Daggers (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
Attack from Ten Directions (International: English title) (literal title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sequences of stylized martial arts violence, and some sexuality.
Runtime:
119 min | Australia:118 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The scene in the bamboo forest is very common in Chinese martial arts movies. Yimou Zhang felt that he had to stay in that tradition and added the scene in the bamboo forest. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The amount of snow covering the trees in the background during the finale varies greatly. In the earliest scenes they are snow-covered, but later scenes show them with no snow on them. more
Quotes:
Jin: You're right. If I won, I wouldn't let you go. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Arundhati (2009) more
Soundtrack:
Beauty Song (Jia Ren Qu) more

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35 out of 50 people found the following comment useful.
The Colors of wind are the thoughts of the heart, 6 February 2005
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Author: Kupotek from United States

From Yimou Zhang, the director of Jet Li's Hero and Raise the Red Lantern, comes a spectacular tale about honor, and love.

House of Flying Daggers is the gripping, touching, and visually spectacular tale of two people, caught in a Romeo and Juliet story, and the nation at war they must fight together.

It is near the end of the Tang Dynasty era, and The Captain Jin (Kaneshiro) and Leo (Lau) tangle with Mei (Zhang), a dancer suspected of having ties to a revolutionary faction known as the House of Flying Daggers. Enraptured by her, the deputies concoct a plan to save her from capture, and Jin leads her north in what becomes a perilous journey into the unknown.

The dialogue, beautifully bright costumes, and landscapes will take you on a wonderful journey. A journey of dance, music, and beautiful words.

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