SHI MIAN MAI FU (HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS)

(HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS)
Yimou ZHANG
  • 2004
  • Out of Competition

The year is 859AD and China’s once flourishing Tang Dynasty is in decline. Unrest is raging throughout the land, and the corrupt government is locked in battle with rebel armies that are forming in protest. The largest, and most prestigious of these is the ‘House of Flying Daggers’, which is growing ever more powerful under a mysterious new leader. Two local captains, Leo and Jin are ordered to capture the new leader and the two hatch an elaborate plan. Captain Jin will pretend to be a lone warrior called Wind and rescue the beautiful, blind revolutionary Mei, from prison, earning her trust and escorting her to the secret headquarters of the House of Flying Daggers. The plan works, but to their surprise, Jin and Mei fall deeply in love on their long journey to the House. Danger lurks in th

Directed by : Yimou ZHANG
Year of production: 2003
Country: China
Duration: 119 minutes

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