| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD)(99 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1), DTS 5.1 digital surround. |
| Language |
In Chinese (Mandarin); also dubbed into English and French; optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen ... [et al.]. |
| Credits |
Story, Zhang Yimou, Li Feng, Wang Bin ; director of photography, Christopher Doyle ; action director, Tony Ching Siu-Tung ; editors, Zhai Ru, Angie Lam ; production designers, Huo Ting Xiao, Yi Zhen Zhou ; costume designer, Emi Wada ; music, Tan Dun ; violin solos and fiddling, Itzhak Perlman. |
| Note |
At head of title: Quentin Tarantino presents. |
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Based on the novel by Li Feng. |
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Original production: c2002. |
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Special features: "Inside the action : a conversation with Quentin Tarantino and Jet Li;" Hero defined; storyboards. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Summary |
With supernatural skill and no fear a nameless soldier embarks on a mission of revenge against the fearsome army that massacred his people. Now, to achieve the justice he seeks, he must take on the empire's most ruthless assassins and reach the enemy he has sworn to defeat. |
| Subject |
Revenge -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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China -- History -- Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C. -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Martial arts -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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Foreign films -- Videodiscs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (CHINESE), VIDEODISCS.
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FOREIGN FILMS (MANDARIN), VIDEODISCS.
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| Subject |
Chinese language materials
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| Genre |
Feature films Videodiscs.
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Chinese language materials.
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| Added Author |
Zhang, Yimou.
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Li, Jet, 1963-
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Leung, Tony Chiu Wai, 1962-
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Zhang, Manyu.
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Zhang, Ziyi.
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Chen, Daoming.
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Yen, Donnie, 1963-
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Li, Feng, 1968-
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| Added Title |
Hero. |
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Ying xiong. |
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Quentin Tarantino presents Hero. |
| ISBN |
0788857037 |
| Standard No. |
786936259223 |
| Music No. |
38012 Miramax Home Entertainment |
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