Jadesoturi (2006)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Antti-Jussi Annila

Writers:

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

Release Date:

13 October 2006 (Finland)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

Thousands of years ago in ancient China, a love struck sword hero fights against his destiny. He wants...

Plot Keywords:

Warriors | Kalevala | Kung Fu | Finland | Swords

Awards:

2 wins

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
Yanqing Lu
Juha Pursiainen
Shuxin Song
Deyu Wang
Yuhai Wei
Meng Zhang
Dengbao Zhao
Yinhua Zhu

Also Known As:

Jade Warrior (International: English title)
Jadekrigaren (Finland: Swedish title)
Yù wu shì (China: Mandarin title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence and brief language.

Runtime:

110 min | Canada:100 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Finland:104 min

Country:

Finland | Netherlands | China | Estonia

Language:

Finnish | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:16 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #45340)

Filming Locations:

China

Company:

Blind Spot Pictures Oy

Trivia:

Has been sold over 30 countries so far.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#37.14)" (2007)

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.