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CHINA · 1989

Top Ten Chinese Language Films, Hong Kong Film Festival

Zhang Yimou
wuxia martial arts Chinese history assassination honor and sacrifice
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Synopsis

Hero (Chinese: 英雄; pinyin: Yīngxióng) is a 2002 epic wuxia film directed, co-written, and produced by Zhang Yimou, and starring Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen and Chen Daoming. The film is a Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, with cinematography by Christopher Doyle and musical score by Tan Dun. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language

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