Director Zhang Yimou's epic martial arts drama Hero won six Hong Kong Film Awards and was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Feature Academy Award and Golden Globe Award.Yahoo! Movies: Hero Awards and Nominations The film stars Jet Li and Zhang Ziyi.
Plot Summary
A nameless hero (Jet Li) spends ten years training and finally defeating the three most powerful warriors in China in order to prevent the King of Qin from being assassinated. Through a series of flashbacks, Nameless recounts the story of his victory to the King of Qin, but at the conclusion, the King recounts his own version of how the events unfolded.
Cast
- Jet Li: Nameless
- Tony Leung Chiu-Wai: Broken Sword
- Maggie Cheung: Flying Snow
- Chen Daoming: King of Qin
- Donnie Yen: Sky
- Zhang Ziyi: Moon
References
Fast Facts
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Also known as
Ying xiong
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Release date
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*China
October 19, 2002
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*U.S.
August 27, 2004
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Director
Zhang Yimou
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Screenwriters
Feng Li, Bin Wang, Zhang Yimou
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Producer
Zhang Yimou
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Distributor
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*China
Beijing New Picture Film Co.
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*U.S.
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MPAA rating
PG - 13
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Run time
99 minutes
