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7.5During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago.
Released: 2002-12-1999 minDir: Zhang YimouDrama, Adventure, Action, HistoryBudget: $31.0MBox office: $177M
Cast
- Jet Li as Nameless
- Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Broken Sword
- Maggie Cheung as Flying Snow
- Donnie Yen as Sky
- Zhang Ziyi as Moon
- Chen Daoming as King of Qin
Themes
- martial arts
- kung fu
- right and justice
- countryside
- loss of loved one
- patriot
- wuxia
- warring states period
- 3rd century bc
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Key facts
- Traditional chinese
- 英雄
- Simplified chinese
- 英雄
- Hanyu pinyin
- Yīngxióng
- Jyutping
- Jing Hung
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 158116
- Official website
- www.miramax.com/movie/hero
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- publication date
- 2004-08-27
- title
- 英雄
- review score
- 7.9/10
- capital cost
- 31000000
- box office
- 30000000
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Directed byZhang Yimou Screenplay by Feng Li
Bin Wang
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Categories
2002 films2002 Hong Kong films2002 Mandarin-language films2002 martial arts filmsAlfred Bauer Prize winnersChinese action adventure filmsChinese epic filmsChinese historical action filmsChinese historical drama filmsChinese martial arts filmsCultural depictions of Qin Shi HuangEnglish-language historical drama filmsFiction with unreliable narratorsFilms directed by Zhang YimouFilms produced by William KongFilms scored by Tan DunFilms set in the 3rd century BCFilms set in the Warring States periodHong Kong action adventure filmsHong Kong epic filmsHong Kong historical action filmsHong Kong historical drama filmsHong Kong martial arts filmsIMDb ID (Cite Mojo) different from Wikidata