Top billed cast

1. 

   Jet Li

   Nameless

2. 

   Tony Leung Chiu-wai

   Broken Sword

3. 

   Maggie Cheung

   Flying Snow

4. 

   Donnie Yen

   Sky

5. 

   Zhang Ziyi

   Moon

6. 

   Chen Daoming

   King of Qin

7. 

   Liu Zhongyuan

   Old Scholar

8. 

   Zheng Tianyong

   Old Servant

9. 

   Qin Yan

   Prime Minister

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Reviews

A review by badelf

Written by badelf on 2025-02-01

Hero: Zhang Yimou's Cinematic Poem of Movement and Meaning

In "Hero", Zhang Yimou transcends the martial arts genre, transforming physical combat into a language of profound philosophical discourse. What begins as a seemingly simple narrative about an assassin becomes a breathtaking meditation on individual sacrifice and national unity.

Drawing from Kurosawa's multi-perspective storytelling in "Rashomon", Zhang creates something entirely his own. Each retelling of the story is not just a different perspective, but a different visual poem - choreographed fights that are less about violenc...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
Chinese

Budget
$31,000,000.00

Revenue
$177,394,432.00

Keywords

• martial arts
• kung fu
• right and justice
• countryside
• loss of loved one
• patriot
• wuxia
• warring states period
• 3rd century bc