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Synopsis

The year is 926. The ambitious clan and its fierce Georan Killer-Blade Army invaded the peaceful kingdom of Balhae and murdered the prince regent. Steeped in terror and despair, the only hope now is that people find Jeonghyeon, heir to the throne disappeared, so he takes his place of duty as the leader of Balhae. Once a great warrior, Jeonghyeon left his honor for a life without responsibility. Vai fit the beautiful and deadly Yeon Soha the mission to bring back the prince dissident. In the middle of the road, yet the two will have to face Maeyoungok, rival of Soha and commander of the Killer-Blade, which wants to ensure that the monarch is not reaching its destination. And amid the fighting to come, the relationship of Jeonghyeon and Soha is deepening - and it starts to become the true leader who is destined to be.

Comments

"The Sword without Shadow" is a film that appeals, especially the lovers of action, a constant throughout the film. Excellent epic Korean life that counts, destinations cross, love and despair experienced by four characters, composed of scenes of great battles in very well choreographed stunt sequences in the cap so beautiful in duels of swords that appear to have life itself and plenty shurikens. There is also another feature that in the film. Apparently, some fatal blows inflicted by swords cause a kind of implosion in the body of those who suffer. The result is that one who had the misfortune to be achieved sees his body burst completely (when a character is not important), or when it is an important member of the story, the blood wells.

Despite various references to other films set previously, nothing takes the shine of this great Korean production. A little movie that failed to become a masterpiece.

Credits

Title in Brazil: The Sword Without Shadow
Original title: Muyeong geom
Country of Origin: South Korea / USA
Genre: Action
Time Duration: 116 minutes
Release Date: 2005
Official Site: http://www.balhae2005.co.kr
Studio / Distrib.: Play Art
Director: Kim Young-jun

Cast

Shin Hyeon-jun ... Gun Hwa-pyung
So-yi Yoon Yeon So-ha ...
Lee Seo-jin ... Dae Jung-hyun
Ki-yong Lee Mae Yung-ok ...
Choi Ji-Woo
Jeong Ho-bin
Jeong Jun-ha
Kim Su-ro

Trailer

Synopsis:
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 of CINEMATOGRAFICA 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

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.

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Synopsis:
 
The film is happening in the year 859, China in the Tang dynasty, but thriving, this decadent. The clan Punhais Voadores the rebel group is a more powerful of the season and the government is unable to combat them. The only plan was developed start the mission of infiltration of two soldiers, Leo (Andy Lau) and Jin (Takeshi Kaneshiro), the rebel group to capture the mysterious leader of the powerful rebel group. Knowing well the blind Mei to win their confidence and to infiltrate the group, but everything gets more complicated when the two friends are in love with girl.

Comments:
Continuing the line a little bit of fighting this weekend, bring you to this wonderful film that involves passion and struggle. A great movie for this Sunday. It is extraordinary, the director knew well the emotions to pass the shooting. The visual and sound effects are perfect, captive from beginning to end.
The director Zhang Yimou has shown once again that you can tinker with our emotional, working very well the photo and music, as it did also with "Hero." A film that shows the love triangle of two friends and a rebel, very well portrayed and an excellent road map, even for those who do not like the genre.

Technical Data:
  Original title: Shi Mian Mai Fu
Time Duration: 119 minutes
Director: Zhang Yimou
Screenplay: Zhang Yimou, Li Feng and Wang Bin
Music: Shigeru Umebayashi
Photo: Zhao Xiaoding
Costumes: Emi Wada
 
Cast:
  Takeshi Kaneshiro (Jin)
Andy Lau (Leo)
Zhang Ziyi (Mei)
Song Dandan (Yee)

Awards:
  - He received an alert for an Oscar for Best Picture.
- He received an indication of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film.
- 9 received indications the BAFTA in the following categories: Best Foreign Film, Best Actress (Zhang Ziyi), Best Cinematography, Best Special Effects, Best Costumes, Best Editing, Best Makeup, Best Sound and Best Production Design.
- He received an indication to the European Film Awards for Best Non-European Film.
- He received an indication to the MTV Movie Awards for Best Fight.

Curiosities:
  - To prepare for the role, Zhang Ziyi lived for two months with a girl who lost her vision at age 12 because of a tumor in the brain.
- The film was chosen as official representative of China for a place among those given the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 2004. Not received the nomination in this category, but the work of Zhao Xiaoding competed the statuette for Best Picture.
- Originally, Anita Mui make his last appearance in the movies in this film, but she died before he could shoot his scenes. As a sign of respect, the director Zhang Yimou decided then change the road map and draw all the scenes in which characters appear. Even so, the name of the actress appears in the credits of the film.
- Zhang Yimou was the director who chose the Battle Katheleen opera singer to sing the theme song from the movie.
- The scene was filmed in the snow in Ukraine. The snow, which fell in early October (autumn in Europe), surprised the production and forced the script to change the roadmap. The amendment, however, like Zhang Yimou, because, he said it was the perfect tone for the film.
- Zhang Yimou added scene in the forest of bamboo because I wanted to remain faithful to the tradition of martial arts films from China.
- This is the 3rd movie in which director Zhang Yimou and actress Zhang Ziyi work together. The previous was the way home (1999) and Hero (2002).

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