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House of Flying Daggers (十面埋伏) is a 2004 wuxia film directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Zhang Ziyi. It opened in limited release within the United States on 3 December 2004, in New York City and Los Angeles, and opened on additional screens throughout the country two weeks later. The film grossed $11,050,094 at the United States box office and went on to significantly over-perform in…
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Snobs who decry mainstream Hollywood for prioritising style over substance will often shower with adoration films from the arthouse or world cinema scene that do precisely the same. *House of Flying Daggers*, a 2004 Chinese period martial arts epic directed by Zhang Yimou, is a film that perfectly exemplifies the phenomenon. The plot is set in 859 AD. China is ruled by Tang Dynasty, a regime in decline, and displeas…More
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House of Flying Daggers. With this entry I am participating in the contest organized by CineTV about the foreign cinema of our preference. If you want to participate in it I invite you to visit this page where all the requirements to participate are listed. I recommend you to read them carefully. Having made this introduction, I will now move on to the subject of the contest. I would like to make a couple of clarifi…More