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During the reign of the Tang dynasty in China, a secret organization called "The House of the Flying Daggers" rises and opposes the government. Leo is a police officer who sends officer Jin to investigate a young dancer named Mei, claiming that she has ties to the "Flying Daggers"...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Shi mian mai fu (Motion picture).
Corporate Authors: Elite Group (2003) Enterprises, Ekdo Films, Zhang Yimou gong zuo shi, Beijing xin hua mian ying ye you xian gong si, Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Zhang, Yimou, Li, Feng, 1968-, Wang, Bin, Kaneshiro, Takeshi, Liu, Dehua, Zhang, Ziyi, 1979-, Song, Dandan
Format: Video DVD
Language:Chinese
English
French
Language Notes:Sound tracks: Chinese, English, and French, with optional subtitles in English and French. Some special features subtitled.
Published: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2005]
Subjects:
Martial arts films.
Secret societies > China > Drama.
Police > China > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > China > Drama.
Jing cha > Zhongguo > Xi ju.
Romance > Feature > Videodisc.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Chinese.
Motion pictures, Hong Kong.
Feature films.
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Summary:During the reign of the Tang dynasty in China, a secret organization called "The House of the Flying Daggers" rises and opposes the government. Leo is a police officer who sends officer Jin to investigate a young dancer named Mei, claiming that she has ties to the "Flying Daggers" organization. Leo ends up arresting Mei, only to have Jin break her free in a plot to gain her trust and lead the police to the new leader of the secret organization. But things are far more complicated than they seem.
Item Description:"Sony Pictures Classics."
Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.
A foreign film (China/Hong Kong).
Aspect ratio 2.35:1 (anamorphic widescreen).
Mastered in high definition.
Special features: Zhang Yimou and Ziyi Zhang audio commentary -- 45-min. making-of featurette -- Making-of the visual effects featurette -- "Lovers" music video -- Storyboard comparisons -- Photo galleries.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; Dolby digital 5.1.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG-13.
Production Credits:Story by Zhang Yimou, Li Feng, Wang Bin ; director of photography, Zhao Xiaoding ; action director, Tony Ching Siu-Tung ; original music score and produced by Shigeru Umebayashi ; theme song "Lovers" performed by Kathleen Battle ; edited by Cheng Long.
ISBN:140497010X