House of Flying Daggers

China and Hong Kong, 2004

Film

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In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

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Credits

author

Bin Wang

producer

William Kong

Zhang Yimou

production company

China Film Co-Production Corporation

Edko Films Ltd.

Elite Group Enterprises

Zhang Yimou Studio

Duration

01:59:00

Production places
China Hong Kong
Production dates
2004

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-9550

Language

Chinese

Subject categories

Action

Adventure

Drama

Romance

TMDB-Movie

9550

Wikidata

Q369388

Collected

286 times

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