Jade Warrior (2006)
"Jadesoturi" (original title)

Thousands of years ago in ancient China, a love struck sword hero fights against his destiny. He wants another chance to be reunited with his loved one and he gets that chance, in a far ... See full summary »

Director:

Antti-Jussi Annila

Writers:

Antti-Jussi Annila (original idea), Antti-Jussi Annila (screenplay),

Stars:

Tommi Eronen, Markku Peltola, Jingchu Zhang

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Tommi Eronen	...	Kai / Sintai
Markku Peltola	...	Berg
Jingchu Zhang	...	Pin Yu
Krista Kosonen	...	Ronja
Hao Dang	...	Cho
Taisheng Chen	...	Demoni (as Cheng Taishen)
Elle Kull	...	Weckström
Liansheng Tong	...	Village Elder
Qiupu Tao	...	Merchant
Xiaomei Tong	...	Servant
Pirkko Hämäläinen	...	Weckström (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yu Duan
Xiupeng Ji
Qiusheng Kong
Fangjin Li

Storyline

Thousands of years ago in ancient China, a love struck sword hero fights against his destiny. He wants another chance to be reunited with his loved one and he gets that chance, in a far away place and a far away time, in the cold north, in modern Finland. Jade Warrior is set in ancient China early iron age and present day Finland. The past is feeding the story in present day, slowly revealing our warrior his real origin, his superior skills and his destiny. Jade Warrior - the first Finnish Kung Fu film - combines Finnish and Chinese mythologies into one film. Jade Warrior is an homage to Kung Fu genre strongly spiced with a truly original approach to Finnish national epic Kalevala. Like Kalevala Jade Warrior is a pure melodrama. A story of Kalevala's greatest hero.

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Plot Keywords:

warrior | kalevala | finland | sword | kung fu | 

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Taglines:

Tao minulle Sampo niin saat rakkaasi takaisin (Forge me the Sampo and you will get your loved one back)

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence and brief language

Details

Official Sites:

Blind Spot Pictures Official site

Country:

Finland Netherlands China Estonia

Language:

Finnish Mandarin

Release Date:

13 October 2006 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Fotia kai pagos

Filming Locations:

China

Box Office

Budget:

€2,750,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blind Spot Pictures Oy, Fu Works, Film Tower

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min 100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

First Finnish film ever to get theatrical release in China.

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Quotes

[subtitled version]
Kai: Did you just put a sword in my stomach?
Berg: Yep, yep.

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Connections

Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #37.14 (2007)

User Reviews

It's raining mystique - one of a kind film, an eternal love-story.

First of all, not every story can be that ultimate epic saga that makes your heart go hundred and fifty RPM for the three-and-a-half hours of amazing storytelling. Although someone could have brought together Kalevala, the Finnish national epic, and Chinese wuxia mystique in a more theatrical way, I'm actually glad that this time they didn't.

Jade Warrior is a low-budget film in the European or Asian, not to mention American, scale. Exactly because of that, with all the love and passion they've managed to load this story with, Jade Warrior is a delightfully naive yet very one of a kind film. Its unique spirit is in the low-tone acting, in the settings, in the costumes, in the dialoque, in the mixture of these two exotic world-views and beautiful languages

• it's everywhere. After it will have been recognized next year with

international awards, Jade Warrior will become one of the few Finnish films every film freak will have to see - and hopefully it won't be the only Finnish-Chinese co-production we'll see in this decade or so.