Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Master Li Mu Bai

Yu Shu Lien

Lo 'Dark Cloud'

Sir Te

Jade Fox

Governor Yu

Bo

Madame Yu

Police Inspector Tsai

May

Auntie Wu

De Lu

Maid

Gou Jun Pei

Gou Jun Sinung

Shop Owner

Captain

Captain

Gangster A

Gangster B

Mi Biao

Fung Machete Chang

Monk Jing

Male Performer

Female Performer

Waiter

Homeless Man

Waitress

Servant

Nightman

While Ziyi Zhang's character is obviously highly trained & skillful in martial arts, the actress herself has never had any official martial arts training at all. Instead she uses her dance techniques to learn her moves in these scenes, as if they were a dance rather than a fight (which in terms of creating & filming them is actually not that far from the truth).

According to old Taiwanese newspapers, in 1959 there was a Taiwanese-speaking movie called "Luo Xiao Hu and Yu Jiao Long," an earlier adaptation of Du Lu Wang's novel. The old newspapers noted that this version was also a martial arts film. The leading actress, Hsiao Yan-Chiou, was originally traditional Taiwanese opera actress. After this movie released, Hsiao married, leaving "Luo Xiao Hu and Yu Jiao Long" as her last movie. This movie is thought to be no longer in existence now, and it seems to hold no connection with Ang Lee's "Wo Hu Cang Long" except the adaptation source.

The scenes shot in the Gobi Desert were constantly interrupted by rain.

When Jen stabs Lo with the arrow in Lo's cave, blood trickles out from a spot about two inches above the injury.

When Jen and her mother are receiving wedding gifts from Sir Te with Shu Lien, the two older women are chatting with Jen standing plainly in the back of the room, facing the two women. In the next shot, Jen is seen turning to face the room from the balcony.

Within the shots of forest and mountain before the sword-fighting scene in the trees, there is an electrical cable mildly visible gracing the side of a green mountain.

Li Mu Bai: Real sharpness comes without effort.

Sir Te: They take it, they return it, they take it again... this place is becoming everyone's private storeroom!

Yu Shu Lien: What was it?