| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray disc, DTS-HD 5.1, Dolby digital 5.1 or 2.0 (bonus features); widescreen, all regions (A, B, C). |
| Language |
Includes Chinese, dubbed English, dubbed French, and dubbed Spanish language soundtracks, with optional subtitles in English, English (SDH), French or Spanish. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. |
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Special features: Close-up of a fight scene; Inside the action: a conversation with Quentin Tarantino & Jet Li; "Hero defined" making of featurette; storyboards; soundtrack spot. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Credits |
Producer, Bill Kong, Zhang Yimou ; screenplay by Li Feng, Zhang Yimou, Wang Bin ; director, Zhang Yimou ; director of photography, Christopher Doyle ; editors, Zhai Ru, Angie Lam ; music composer, Tan Dun ; costume designer, Emi Wada ; production designers, Huo Ting Xiao, Yi Zhen Zhou ; action director, Tony Ching Siu-Tung. |
| Cast |
Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Dao Ming, Donnie Yen. |
| Summary |
A fearless warrior rises up to defy an empire and unite a nation. With supernatural skill, and no fear, the soldier embarks on a mission of revenge against the fearsome army that has massacred his people. 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. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13, for stylized martial arts violence and a scene of sensuality. |
| Subject |
Supernatural -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Soldiers -- China -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Revenge -- China -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Assassins -- China -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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China -- Kings and rulers -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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China -- History -- Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C. -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Chinese language materials
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| Genre |
Foreign films (Mandarin)
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Foreign films, Chinese.
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Feature films China.
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Fiction films.
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Martial arts films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Historical films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Blu-ray discs.
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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, 1979-
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Chen, Daoming.
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Yen, Donnie, 1963-
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Tan, Dun, 1957-
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Miramax Films.
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Ying xiong |
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Hero |
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Ying xiong (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
9780788895265 |
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0788895265 |
| Standard No. |
786936789188 |
| Music No. |
101257 Buena Vista Home Entertainment |
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