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The Banquet

Year:

2006

Duration:

131 min

Genres:

Action | Drama | Fantasy | History | War

IMDB rate:

6.5

Director:

Xiaogang Feng

Awards:

8 wins & 13 nominations

Details

Country: China

Release Date: 2006-09-14

Filming Locations: Anji bamboo forest, Jiangsu, China

Earnings

Budget: $15,000,000

Gross: $22,205,648 (Worldwide) (12 October 2006)

Cast

Actor

Character

Ziyi Zhang

You Ge

Emperor Li

Daniel Wu

Prince Wu Luan

Xun Zhou

Qing Nu

Jingwu Ma

Minister Yin Taichang

Xiaoming Huang

General Yin Sun

Zhonghe Zhou

Chamberlain

Zeng Qiusheng

Governor Pei Hong

Xu Xiyan

Ling

Liu Yanbin

Messenger

Ma Lun

Pharmacist

Xiang Bin

Imperial Guard

Chunyu Zheng

Imperial Guard

Bing Bo

Executioner

Kai Cui

Dancer

Jingyi Du

Dancer

Ho Fei

Dancer

Tieyong Liu

Gouvernment Secretary

Siwei Ou

Dancer

Aaron Shang

Jiang Lei

Atsushi Takita

Dancer

Yusuke Tuyomi

Dancer

Yubo Wang

Red Laced Dancer

Jianhai Wei

White Laced Dancer

Liang Zhan

Dancer

Nan Zhang

Jocker

Did you know?

Trivia

At 180 meters long and 60 meters wide, the set for the Emperor's Palace is the largest set ever built in China.

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Gong Li was originally supposed to play Zhang Ziyi's part. Due to scheduling conflicts, the role was passed onto Zhang Ziyi and she gladly accepted because she thought the character was so interesting.

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Both 'Li Gong (I)' and Maggie Cheung were originally considered playing the queen's role. When Ziyi Zhang took over the part, the script was rewritten to make the character younger.

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Faq

What are the differences between the Chinese Version and the original Hong Kong Version?

In the Chinese Version several violent scenes were trimmed plus some erotic ones had to be cut as well. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.

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