Jadesoturi (2006)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Antti-Jussi Annila

Writers:

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

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

Directed by
Antti-Jussi Annila		(as A.J. Annila)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Antti-Jussi Annila		idea
Antti-Jussi Annila		screenplay
Marko Jatkola		idea
Petri Jokiranta		screenplay
Stéphane Kazandjian		dramaturge
Marja-Riitta Koivumäki		dramaturge
Iiro Küttner		story
Miguel Machalski		dramaturge
Chris Mitchell		dramaturge
Leo Viirret		dramaturge

Produced by
Michael P. Aust	....	associate producer
Jonah Greenberg	....	associate producer
Petri Jokiranta	....	producer
Tero Kaukomaa	....	producer
Peter Loehr	....	co-producer
Peter Loehr	....	executive producer
San Fu Maltha	....	co-producer (as San Fu)
San Fu Maltha	....	executive producer (as San Fu)
Margus Õunapuu	....	co-producer
Martti Ylöstalo	....	post-production producer

Original Music by
Samuli Kosminen
Kimmo Pohjonen

Cinematography by
Henri Blomberg

Film Editing by
Iikka Hesse

Casting by
Terje Kessel-Otsa

Art Direction by
Jukka Uusitalo

Costume Design by
Anna Vilppunen

Makeup Department
Jun Liu	....	assistant makeup artist
Hong Miao	....	makeup artist
Caixia Pang	....	hair stylist
Riikka Virtanen	....	makeup designer
Salla Yli-Luopa	....	hair stylist
Salla Yli-Luopa	....	makeup artist
Ruiqin Zhang	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Pirjo Koskelo	....	production manager
Tiiu Õunapuu	....	production manager
Mr. Six	....	production manager
Katriina Tuliainen	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Elizabeth Aaltonen	....	second assistant director
Yrjö Nieminen	....	first assistant director
Hao Sun	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Aarne Ahi	....	set constructor
Bin An	....	set designer
Riho Ansaar	....	set constructor
Pille-Maris Arro	....	props
Raivo Aus	....	carpenter
Raivo Aus	....	set constructor
Ari Auvinen	....	set constructor
Enno Buschman	....	set constructor
Dingpei Cheng	....	assistant set builder
Jenna Ekman	....	props assistant
Laiyin Fu	....	assistant set designer
Suvi Heinonen	....	set constructor
Seppo Heino	....	props maker
Ville Helenius	....	props assistant
Veijo Hurme	....	carpenter
Veijo Hurme	....	set constructor
Andres Josing	....	props maker
Katrin Karilaid	....	props maker
Anne Kettunen	....	set constructor
Ronald Kolmann	....	set designer
Arbo Kukk	....	set constructor
Taisto Lämsä	....	set constructor
Mikko Lehto	....	set constructor
Qixiong Lin	....	props
Jouni Liukkonen	....	set building supervisor
Tuomas Lius	....	graphic novel artist
Jukka Määttä	....	set constructor
Margus Mänd	....	props
Timo Miettinen	....	blacksmith
Jari Palovirta	....	props maker
Jukka Piispanen	....	props maker
Maija Poskiparta	....	props maker
Harri Poutiainen	....	carpenter
Harri Poutiainen	....	set constructor
Erkki Räsänen	....	props maker
Jani Räsänen	....	props maker
Vassili Raud	....	set building supervisor
Vassili Raud	....	set constructor
Jonathan Reinsoo	....	props assistant
Rasmus Reinsoo	....	props assistant
Kerto Roos	....	set constructor
Jenni Saaristo	....	storyboard artist
Eerika Salonen	....	props
Tapio Saukko	....	props maker
Peeter Sepp	....	set constructor
Juhani Suolahti	....	blacksmith
Tiina Tuovinen	....	props designer
Tõnu Unt	....	set constructor
Jukka Uusitalo	....	lead set designer
Seppo Uusitalo	....	props maker
Raul Vahar	....	props maker
Honglei Xing	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Timo Anttila	....	sound designer
Olger Bernadt	....	sound recordist
Antti Haikonen	....	sound recordist
XiaoHui Hou	....	sound recordist
Alex Hudd	....	sound consultant: dolby
Juho Kinaret	....	foley assistant
Jussi Knaapila	....	boom operator
Petri Koskimäki	....	sound designer
Heikki Kossi	....	foley artist
Erno Kumpulainen	....	sound designer
Kristjan Miilen	....	boom operator (as Kristian Miilen)
Olli Pärnänen	....	sound mixer
Jussi Väntänen	....	foley recordist
Jinbao Wang	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Klaus Hedström	....	special effects coordinator
Sanna Hedström	....	special effects technician
Amin Kassam	....	special effects technician
Vesa Noroviita	....	special effects assistant
Salima Peippo	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Giuseppe Di Giorgio	....	quality control
Greg Fisher	....	color grader
Raimo Halmela	....	visual effects producer
Mikko Hietala	....	digital artist
Risto Jankkila	....	visual effects
Jussi Jokinen	....	digital artist
Felipe Peña Karvonen	....	digital artist
Lasse Kilpiä	....	visual effects
Outi Kinnunen	....	one light transfer
Teemu Kutvonen	....	motion capture
Janne Lehtonen	....	digital artist
Tommi Lepola	....	digital artist
Krista Leppänen	....	digital artist
Olli Leppänen	....	visual effects
Anne Mäittälä	....	digital artist
Henri Malkki	....	digital artist
Kari Manns	....	color grader
Timo-Pekko Nieminen	....	firestarter development
Timo-Pekko Nieminen	....	visual effects
Jonna Numminen	....	digital artist
Atte Nurminen	....	digital artist
Juha Orasmaa	....	digital artist
Juha Poraharju	....	visual effects producer
Mika Pryll	....	digital artist
Markus Rautaniemi	....	digital artist
Mitja Sirola	....	digital artist
Hannu Sola	....	database programmer
Mona Taponen	....	digital artist
Pekka Telivuo	....	motion capture
Markku Vainio	....	digital artist
Ville-Matti Vasama	....	visual effects

Stunts
Sami Alasimi	....	stunt assistant
Xuehai Bai	....	stunt coordinator
Hui Feng	....	stunt double
Tim Man	....	stunt double
Esa Muittari	....	stunt double
Rickard Nilsson	....	stunt double
Mika Pietiläinen	....	stunt coordinator
Mika Pietiläinen	....	stunt double
Juha Pursiainen	....	stunts
Pasi Saarimaa	....	stunt technician
Juha Säkkinen	....	stunt assistant
Paavo Sjöblom	....	stunt assistant
Janne Turkki	....	stunt double
Yan Kai Yu	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Sari Aaltonen	....	first assistant camera
Jinhai Chang	....	gaffer
Jianying Cui	....	electrician
Zhenzhen Dong	....	video assistant
Lu Fang	....	electrician
Jani Häkli	....	second assistant camera
Nikojaakko Iivarinen	....	lighting trainee
Tuomas Järvelä	....	camera operator
Aleksi Koskinen	....	still photographer
Sami Kuokkanen	....	electrician
Antti Lahtinen	....	gaffer
Eero Lämsä	....	electrician
Lauri Lehtoaho	....	lighting trainee
Jianhong Liu	....	lighting technician
Yongtao Liu	....	electrician
Marko Mantere	....	grip
Jonatan Marila	....	electrician
Jussi Marjamäki	....	video assistant
Santtu Miikkulainen	....	lighting technician
Jani Pinomaa	....	lighting technician
Eduard Pissarenko	....	grip
Maksim Podolski	....	grip assistant
Andrus Prikk	....	second assistant camera
Rein Pruul	....	second assistant camera
Mika Räihä	....	grip assistant
Nea Salminen	....	assistant camera: second unit
Henri Santahuhta	....	lighting trainee
Hui Shi	....	second assistant camera
Shiwei Tao	....	camera operator
Hui Tian	....	electrician
Tiina Tolonen	....	lighting assistant: second unit
Ilja Vassiljev	....	grip assistant
Song Yang	....	grip
Sami Ylikoski	....	electrician
Shuo Zhang	....	assistant camera
Xinwei Zhu	....	electrician

Casting Department
Inna Lepp	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Linda Ahvenkoski	....	seamstress
Raija Aittamäki	....	seamstress
Hanna Hautamäki	....	seamstress
Henrik Heiskanen	....	seamstress
Onerva Hemmilä	....	key wardrobe seamstress
Bitja Huggila	....	seamstress
Tiina Jokitulppo	....	seamstress
Merja Kainulainen	....	seamstress
Katrin Karilaid	....	seamstress
Emmi Leeve	....	costumer
Xia Liu	....	assistant costume designer
Jie Pan	....	assistant costume designer
Sanna-Mari Pirkola	....	assistant costume designer
Hanna Viertola	....	seamstress
Honghui Xiang	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Antti-Jussi Annila	....	trailer editor (as AJ Annila)
Risto Jankkila	....	on-line editor
Mika Kongas	....	digital film recordist
Robert Lang	....	telecine colourist: dailies
Tomi Nieminen	....	digital film recordist
Teemu Niukkanen	....	trailer editor
Ville-Matti Vasama	....	on-line editor

Music Department
Teppo Ali-Mattila	....	musician
Teppo Ali-Mattila	....	orchestration assistant
Abdissa 'Mamba' Assefa	....	musician (as Abdissa Assefa)
Veli-Matti Iljin	....	musician
Riku Kettunen	....	musician
Samuli Kosminen	....	music mixer
Samuli Kosminen	....	musician
Antti Murto	....	music mixer
Petri Päivärinne	....	musician
Kimmo Pohjonen	....	music mixer
Kimmo Pohjonen	....	musician
Siiri Rasta	....	musician
Riitta-Liisa Ristiluoma	....	musician
Matilda Solonen	....	musician

Transportation Department
Anti Ainumäe	....	driver
Jun Chen	....	driver
Shaozi Huang	....	driver
Jianlai Jin	....	driver
Kalle Kilkans	....	transportation
Urmas Kuusk	....	driver
Tero Lämsä	....	driver
Martti Lehelä	....	transportation cars
Jizhou Liu	....	driver
Jianming Luo	....	driver
Xiaodong Lu	....	driver
Eimar Raudsepp	....	crane driver
Taavi-Kristo Reinsoo	....	driver
Andrei Rumjantsev	....	driver
David Sarmas	....	driver
Margus Sõrm	....	driver
Qinbo Sun	....	driver
Fazhan Wang	....	driver
Junhua Wang	....	driver
Liming Wang	....	driver
Shutong Wang	....	transportation coordinator
Huafeng Xu	....	driver
Dalong Zhang	....	driver
Dongdong Zhang	....	driver
Gangfeng Zhang	....	driver

Other crew
Olli Aittoniemi	....	trainee
Katariina Aro	....	production assistant
Xuehai Bai	....	wire technician
Ruhua Cheng	....	production assistant
Lingzhi Dong	....	production assistant
Katia Duncker	....	legal services
Xuqiang Gu	....	location manager
Juha Hämynen	....	insurance
Susan Heiskanen	....	translator
Uolevi Holmberg	....	trainee
Yang Huo	....	production assistant
Piret Jalakas	....	accountant
Jani Järvinen	....	trainee
Guofeng Jiao	....	production assistant
Xin Jin	....	accountant
Tuire Kaimio	....	animal trainer
Lauri Kämppä	....	trainee
Kalle Kilkans	....	runner
Leeni Kuusisto	....	trainee
Kari Laakso	....	trainee
Antti Lehtinen	....	trainee
Pasi Lehtinen	....	production assistant
Iina Lehto	....	trainee
Zhang Lei	....	dialog trainer
Zhang Lei	....	interpreter
Zhang Lei	....	translator
Ville Lempiäinen	....	programmer
Jonni Leporanta	....	auditor
Ari Leppänen	....	trainee
Dafei Li	....	production assistant
Susann Lindvall	....	trainee
Robert Linna	....	production assistant
Xiang Li	....	production assistant
Xiaofei Li	....	production assistant
Yifan Li	....	production assistant
Tiina Majuri	....	catering trainee
Veli-Matti Mäkolä	....	accountant (as Veli-Matti Mäkelä)
Xie Meg	....	production coordinator
Timo Miettinen	....	consultant
Kaisu Mononen	....	production assistant
Binyang Mu	....	production assistant
Pia Naarajärvi	....	legal services
Ragnar Neudorf	....	production assistant
Rickard Nilsson	....	assistant kung fu choreographer
Annamari Nurmi	....	trainee
Viivi Nurmi	....	trainee
Kaj Peltonen	....	trainee
Antti Peltoranta	....	file transfer
Timo Puolitaipale	....	translator
Joakim Rehn	....	auditor
Anne Rissanen	....	copywriter
Merja Ritola	....	production coordinator
Juha Säkkinen	....	location manager
Matias Sankari	....	trainee
Harri Sarri	....	trainee coordinator
Juha Siirtola	....	project manager
Paavo Sjöblom	....	kung fu instructor
Boris Stefanov	....	trainee
Chenghui Tang	....	production assistant
Fei Tong	....	production assistant
Elina Uusitalo	....	catering trainee
Jussi Vaahtio	....	trainee
Krista Vainola	....	accountant
Oliver Vainola	....	production assistant
Janne Vartiamäki	....	trainee
Christine Vesterinen	....	legal services
Nona Viro	....	location manager
Chaowen Wang	....	production assistant
Deyu Wang	....	wire technician
Fengzhen Wang	....	production assistant
Junbao Wu	....	production assistant
Minren Wu	....	production assistant
Zuping Xiong	....	production assistant
Ning Yan	....	production assistant
Outi Ylä-Outinen	....	production assistant
Yan Kai Yu	....	kung fu choreographer
Lei Zhang	....	production assistant
Kaiyun Zhao	....	production assistant
Ruixue Zhao	....	production assistant

Thanks
Maryl Adler	....	thanks
Lonnie Brands	....	thanks
Thomas van Tuijl	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Blind Spot Pictures Oy
• Fu Works
• Film Tower
• Ming Productions
• A-Film Distribution (co-production)
• Arte (co-production)
• Finnish Film Foundation (production support)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (co-production)
• Troika Entertainment GmbH
• Yleisradio (YLE) (co-production: YLE TV1)
• Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (co-production)

Distributors

• Blind Spot Pictures Oy (2006) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Fu Works (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Ming Productions (2006) (China) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2006) (Finland) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2006) (Netherlands) (all media)
• Blue Sky Media (2006) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Grindstone Entertainment Group
• IPA Asia Pacific (2008) (Thailand) (all media)
• RUSCICO (2006) (Russia) (all media)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Warner China Film HG Corporation (2006) (China) (all media)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (200?) (Finland) (TV)

Special Effects

• Craft
• Frame Graphics
• Kuubi
• Pneuma
• Rinki Production

Other Companies

• Asianajotoimisto Fennica  legal services
• Chinese Attractions  translation
• Crystal Sound  music mixing
• Digital Film Finland Oy  post-production facilities
• Entertainment Law Finland  legal services
• Finnlab  color definition
• Helsinging Tilikeskus Oy  accountant
• Mediaporras  website design
• Meguru Film Sound  sound post-production
• Parrot Fix  set building
• Pohjola  insurance
• Revico Grant Thornton  auditing
• Scandia Rent  transfer
• Tian Long Kung Fu Club Sweden  choreography

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:

Film opened in Finland in 40 theaters, in China it will be open in 150 theaters.

Quotes:

Kai: That kind of oath should not have been sworn alone. It becomes a curse.
Berg: What are you talking about?
Kai: You are my mistake.
Kai: But I am going to give you your rightful name.
Berg: You two will never have each other. You will not be born again.
Kai: I know.
Kai: I'm sorry.
Kai: I'm leaving you.
Berg: Don't... Leave me...
Kai: I name you goodbye. I name you... The Past. I name you...

Movie Connections:

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

This is a really good movie

I watched this movie on DVD just the other day, and wow what a movie. This is certainly the best film I have seen out of Finland. The martial arts scenes are great, the story is great. I watched it without subtitles in the original version, it is way over the top. If you can find it, get it, it is well worth it. Being a first time director, this guy has done the most amazing job. He has taken all sorts of talent and blended them into a seamless film. The composition of the filming is incredible, as well as the use of a very detailed story. When it is purchased by a major studio I hope they do not edit it from it's original form, because itg is perfect.