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House of Flying Daggers

Year:

2005

Duration:

119 min | Australia:118 min

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

Yimou Zhang

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 25 wins & 45 nominations

Details

Country: China

Release Date: 2005-01-14

Filming Locations: Beijing, China

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $397,472 (USA) (5 December 2004)

Gross: $11,041,228 (USA) (3 April 2005)

Cast

Actor

Character

Ziyi Zhang

House of Flying Daggers

Takeshi Kaneshiro

Jin

Andy Lau

Leo

Dandan Song

Yee

Hongfei Zhao

Performer

Jun Guo

Performer

Shu Zhang

Performer

Jiusheng Wang

Performer

Zhengyong Zhang

Performer

Yongxin Wang

Performer

Dong Liu

Performer

Qi Zi

Performer

Xuedong Qu

Performer

Liping Tian

Performer

Hongwei Zhao

Performer

Weina Huang

Performer

Dan Ge

Performer

Xiadong Yang

Performer (as Yang Xiaodong)

Yisha Shang

Performer

Ying Liu

Performer

Jingwen Huang

Performer

Keija Zhang

Performer

Tianyou Luo

Performer

Lin Zhu

Performer

Jiwei Hu

Performer

Yu Hong

Performer

Bojie Hao

Performer

Jiajun Zhu

Performer

Ge Xu

Performer

Jingxiu Chou

Performer

Cuifang Guo

Performer

Chengyuan Li

Performer

Shuo Zhang

Performer

Jidong Zhang

Performer

Qiang Li

Performer

Yang Fu

Performer

Yang Guang

Performer

Yang Wen

Performer

Liang Chen

Performer

Xiuqiang Lin

Performer

Kun Wang

Performer

Meng Li

Performer

Ming Dong

Performer

Xiaodong Zheng

Performer

Chacha Song

Performer

Xuanyi Wang

Performer

Xueying Huang

Performer

Did you know?

Trivia

Ziyi Zhang is not actually a trained martial artist, despite having been in many martial arts films. She is however a skilled dancer (joined the Beijing Dance Academy at age 11), like her character here, so she uses many dance moves in her fight sequences.

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The climactic fight scene was filmed in the Ukraine. It snowed so early (October) that it caught the filmmakers by surprise, as they had already started filming. They decided to change the script and the movie so that it would appear almost as if this epic battle began during the fall and ended during winter. Yimou Zhang was very happy with how it turned out because it set the perfect tone and obviously highlighted the blood spilled on the snow.

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The literal English translation of the Chinese title is "Ambushed From Ten Directions".

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Goofs

The music that the live musicians play during the drum duel scene, although beautiful, is not characteristic of classical Chinese music of that era.

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The amount of snow covering the trees in the background during the finale varies greatly. In the earliest scenes they are snow-covered, but later scenes show them with no snow on them.

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At the end of the Echo Game, the captain throws the entire bowl of white beans which bounce off the drums and ultimately fall to the ground. When Mei echoes the movements with her scarves, there are no beans on the ground.

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Quotes

Jin: What's your name?

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Mei: A rare beauty in the North. She's the finest lady on earth. A glance from her, the whole city goes down. A second glance leaves the nation in ruins. There exists no city or nation that has been more cherished than a beauty like this. A rare beauty in the North. She's the finest lady on earth. A glance from her, the whole city goes down. A second glance leaves the nation in ruins. There exists no city or nation that has been more cherished than a beauty like this.

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Jin: When can we see each other again?

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Faq

What are the differences between the British BBFC 15 Version and the Uncensored Version? Is the PG-13 Version uncensored?

Zhang Yimou's sequel to Hero needed to have three parts cut for the release in Great Britain because those scenes depict horses falling, and you can safely assume that the animals were badly injured because of this. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.The US Version isn't an alternative, too. Here, some scenes were altered in order to achieve the PG-13 rating: Four parts were deleted and three scenes were edited to delete blood. A detailed comparison between the US Version and the Uncensored Version with pictures can be seen here.

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