Synopsis: Heroi1
Qin (Daoming Chen), the ruler of the province's north suffers constant threats to his life. Three opponents are determined to murdering him. One day one of the magistrates of his kingdom enters the palace carrying the arms of the killers, claiming to have defeated the three enemies in combat after having spent more than a decade studying the technique of the sword.

Comments:
I bring you this wonderful Chinese film. For some people who like the genre, certainly has heard of Jet Li. this film is shown all the beauty CINEMATOGRAFICA the east. Magnificently well seen in this film, showing traditions, great costumes and martial arts amazing to watch and a great music of monitoring, as you can see in their fight in the rain.
Then we have a story of loyalty, strategy and a little love too. The mixture is in the right dose, for lovers of oriental cinema, I guarantee you will not disappoint, and the story will be arrested. The role of the fighter without a name, made by Jet Li, is in perfect precision, and the three killers determined to kill the king. Observes that the film carries the poetic side of the Chinese translation, the character of this spectacular Quebrada Espada, the struggles of this perfect synchrony, the way that only the eastern can do it

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Cast:
Jet Li (No Name)
Tony Leung (Quebrada Espada)
Maggie Cheung (What Snow Fly)
Zhang Ziyi (Moon)
Chen Daoming (King Qin)
Donnie Yen (Sky)
Zhang Yi (Guard)

Credits:
Original title: Ying Xiong
Time Duration: 96 minutes
Director: Zhang Yimou
Screenplay: Li Feng, Zhang Yimou and Wang Bin
Music: Tan Dun
Photography: Christopher Doyle
Costumes: Emi Wada

Awards:
- He received an alert for an Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
- He received an indication of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film.
- Won the Alfred Bauer Prize, at the Berlin Film Festival.

Curiosities:
- Hero was the most expensive film in the history of Chinese cinema until the year 2004. It is estimated that the production cost $ 30 million. In 2005, the movie The Promise (http://dm.xisde.net/2008/09/12/a-promessa-2005/) became the most expensive film in Chinese history of cinema, with RH $ 35 million.
- The role of the King was offered to Jackie Chan, who declined the invitation.
- Tony Leung (Sword Quebrada) ruptured a ligament during the scene in the lake. The filming was halted for only a day and then restarted.
- The scene of the lake took three weeks to be shot because the director Zhang Yimou demanded that the surface of the lake were stopped completely, creating a mirror of water. For questions natural, this occurs only for two hours a day, from 10 hours of the morning. Thus, the production team began to prepare the set for filming at 5pm.
- This is the first participation of Maggie Cheung (Snow flying) in a movie of martial arts. The actress spent several weeks in training before shooting. Even Zhang Ziyi, whose participation in the Tigre and the Dragon had already yielded positive comments, had to go through a long period of training to adapt to the twin blades Putting on his character.
- In 2002, the film was a great success of the public in Asia. Miramax bought the rights to their distribution, but the movie was released in American theaters in August 2004.
- To be part of the movie, Jet Li has agreed to have his salary reduced.
- The 19 ways of writing the word "sword" only refer to different styles of letters, not the ways of writing.
- The various flashbacks in the movie are differentiated by the predominant color of the scene and the clothes worn by characters. The shades of color and their meanings are used: red (passion), blue (love), green (youth), white (truth) and black (death).
- Dialogues of Hero follow the grammar of classical Chinese, although they are pronounced in Mandarin.
- This is the 2nd of three films in which director Zhang Yimou and actress Zhang Ziyi work together. The others were the way home (1999) and The Clan of the Flying daggers (2004).
- In its debut weekend in the United States, Hero raised about $ 18 million. This is the 2nd best premiere of a film spoken in a language other than English in the United States, behind only The Passion of the Christ (2004).
- Displayed in the show Panorama of World Cinema in the River Festival in 2004.

Trailer: