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[Anonymous]

“House of Flying Daggers,” is a film distributed by Sony and Elite Enterprises. This is a love story wrapped up inside an action film. The story takes place in 859A.D. during the Tang Dynasty. Although once considered enlightened, it is now in decline and considered corrupt. A rebel group called, “The House of Flying Daggers.” Is a secret organization that has the support of the people. Posing a constant threat the deputies felt they had overcome HFD group by killing it’s leader. But somehow a new, stronger leader has emerged and the group is even more powerful. A deputy, Captain Leo, sends Captain Jin to the Peony Pavillion, a brothel, to find a member of HFD that is working there as a dancer. Mei (Ziyi Zhang) is utterly one the most beautiful actresses ever to appear on the screen. She dances for him and finishes with a dance called, “The Echo Game.” It is in this dance that she reveals her martial skills. A battle ensues, Leo triumphs and arrests Mei. From that point a convoluted love story evolves, filmed with great beauty andsensitivity. It is very much in the same genre as “Kill Bill,” and
“Laura Croft”.

It is directed by Zhang Yimou who was the co-writer and producer also. He was born in China in 1950udied film making at the Bejing Academy. He took on a major role in China’s Fifth Generation Filmmakers, the first group to graduate following the turbulent cultural revolution. Although he has been recognized with awards throughout the world, he is most known throughout the United States for his past recognition, his Academy Award Nominations in Best Foreign Language Film for “Raise the Red Lantern,” in 1990 and “Hero,” in 2002.