House of Flying Daggers

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Synopsis

In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

Directed by

Zhang Yimou

Written by

Feng Li, Wang Bin, Zhang Yimou

Cast

Takeshi Kaneshiro

Jin

Andy Lau Tak-wah

Liu

Zhang Ziyi

Xiao Mei

Song Dandan

Yee

Zhao Hongfei

Xiao Bu Kuai

Guo Jun

Police Officer

Zhang Shu

Wang Jiusheng

Zhang Zhengyong

YO

Yongxin Wang

DO

Dong Liu

Shield Warrior

QI

Qi Zi

XU

Xuedong Qu

LI

Liping Tian

HO

Hongwei Zhao

HU

Huang Weina

Details

Released

July 16, 2004

Runtime

1h 59m

Status

Released

Language

ZH

Original title

十面埋伏

Country

China, Hong Kong

Budget

$15,000,000

Box office

$92,863,945

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