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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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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, Lau, Andy, 1961-, Zhang, Ziyi, 1979-, Song, Dandan, Zhao, Xiaoding, Umebayashi, Shigeru, 1951-
Format: Video DVD
Language:Chinese
English
French
Spanish
Language Notes:Audio in Chinese PCM 5.1 (Uncompressed), Chinese, English, French, Spanish 5.1; with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.
Published: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Classics : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2006.
Edition:[Blue-ray version].
Subjects:
Secret societies > China > Drama.
Police > China > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > China > Drama.
Martial arts films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Chinese.
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:Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.
Special features: creating the visual effects featurette; storyboard comparisons.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray Disc; HD DVD (1080p); widescreen presentation (2.35:1), mastered in high definition; Dolby Digital.
This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD player.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG-13; for sequences of stylized martial arts violence, and some sexuality.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Zhao Xiaoding ; editor, Cheng Long ; original music score, Shigeru Umebayashi ; costume designer, Emi Wada ; production designer, Huo Tingxiao ; visual effects, Animal Logic Film ; action director, Tony Ching Siu-Tung.
ISBN:1424816858
9781424816859