Hero

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Hero is a visually striking 2002 Chinese wuxia film directed by Zhang Yimou, renowned for its stylized martial arts, color symbolism, and exploration of sacrifice and political unity.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
wuxia film ⓘ
academyAwardNomination Best Foreign Language Film ⓘ
actionChoreographyBy Ching Siu-tung ⓘ
award Golden Rooster Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography ⓘ
basedOn legend of Jing Ke's assassination attempt on the King of Qin ⓘ
boxOfficeSuccess yes ⓘ
character Broken Sword ⓘ
Flying Snow ⓘ
King of Qin ⓘ
Moon ⓘ
Nameless ⓘ
cinematographyBy Christopher Doyle ⓘ
Zhao Xiaoding ⓘ
colorMotif black ⓘ
blue ⓘ
green ⓘ
red ⓘ
white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin China ⓘ
criticalReception generally positive ⓘ
director Zhang Yimou ⓘ
distributedBy Miramax Films ⓘ
featuresElement wire-fu style combat ⓘ
filmingLocation China ⓘ
genre historical drama film ⓘ
martial arts film ⓘ
wuxia ⓘ
mainTheme assassination and loyalty ⓘ
political unity ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
musicBy Tan Dun ⓘ
narrativeDevice multiple conflicting flashback accounts ⓘ
notableFor extensive use of color symbolism ⓘ
nonlinear narrative structure ⓘ
stylized martial arts sequences ⓘ
originalLanguage Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
portrays unification of China under Qin ⓘ
posterColorScheme red and gold ⓘ
productionCompany Beijing New Picture Film Co. ⓘ
releaseYear 2002 ⓘ
runningTime approximately 99 minutes ⓘ
setInPeriod Warring States period ⓘ
stars Chen Daoming ⓘ
Jet Li ⓘ
Maggie Cheung ⓘ
Tony Leung Chiu-wai ⓘ
Zhang Ziyi ⓘ

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