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2005 Festival programme.
House of Flying Daggers
Director:Zhang Yimou
Cert:15 Year: 2004 Length:119mins
Country:China (Hong Kong) Language:Mandarin
The waning Tang dynasty is torn by unrest, and the police are on the hunt for the leader of the most prominent enemy army, the House of Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful member of a rebel army out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows.
Now that he feels comfortable with wuxia, or martial arts movies, following "Hero" - his first foray into the genre, Chinese master Zhang Yimou creates a gem in "House of Flying Daggers".
Critics
“'It's one of the most magical pieces of story-telling to reach a screen in the past 12 months.'”
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