House of Flying Daggers (Blu-ray) PG-13
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 59 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: June 20, 2006
- Originally Released: 2004
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Takeshi Kaneshiro | |
Performer: | Andy Lau & Song Dandan | |
Directed by | Zhang Yimou | |
Edited by | Cheng Long | |
Screenwriting by | Zhang Yimou | |
Composition by | Shigeru Umebayashi | |
Produced by | Bill Kong & Zhang Yimou | |
Director of Photography: | Zhao Xiaoding | |
Executive Production by | Zhang Weiping |
Entertainment Reviews:
HOUSE is lushly emotional, intimate and intricately tricked out....Zhang has always deployed colour and design with immense skill...
Sight and Sound
Rating: 3/5 --
Moments of astonishing greatness followed by yawn-inducing romance.
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eFilmCritic.com
[With] a lyrical love story, head-spinning fights and dazzling surprises....Prepare your eyes for popping.
Rolling Stone
Rating: A+ --
A gorgeous film in all respects, both accessible and artistically satisfying. Excellent.
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Film Scouts
Zhang Yimou returns with another beautifully wrought incursion into classical Chinese folklore.
Uncut
Rating: 3/4 --
As stunning as it is, it also serves notice that House of Flying Daggers will have none of the complexities of Hero.
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Detroit Free Press
Rating: 3.5/4 --
One of the most visually astonishing martial-arts fantasies ever made.
Miami Herald
Product Description:
Following up his award-winning martial-arts drama HERO, director Zhang Yimou (JU DOU, RAISE THE RED LANTERN) tells an intricately detailed love story in the swordfighting epic HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS, set during the final days of the Tang Dynasty. A mysterious group called the Flying Daggers is a dangerous threat to the government, so police captain Leo (Andy Lau) sends his right-hand man, Jin (Takeshi Kaneshiro), undercover to try to find the rebels' location. Jin, a notorious playboy, pretends he is a roving warrior called "Wind" and befriends Mei (Ziyi Zhang), a blind dancer who is believed to be the daughter of the former leader of the Daggers. As he leads her across the countryside, they are "attacked" by government soldiers--but these battles are staged by Leo in order to convince Mei that Jin is on her side. But when a general orders that Mei must be captured at any cost, the fighting turns real, and Jin must decide between his loyalty to his job and his growing love for Mei. Meanwhile, Mei battles her feelings for Jin as well, trying to hide her true self. Zhang's gorgeous, compelling film is filled with beautiful singing and dancing, marvelous costumes, and wonderful locations; the scene in the Bamboo Forest is unforgettable, as is the Echo Game, which Leo and Mei play in the Peony Pavilion. There are also twists throughout the film and by the time the end comes, audiences will be spinning their heads in awe and amazement at the neverending wonders of this special movie. The film is dedicated to Anita Mui, who was to have a starring role before her unexpected death.
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- UPC: 043396150225
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