hero (2002)
Original title: ying xióng
Production: Cina, Hong Kong|96 min
Action, Martial arts, Fantasy
during the long period of the chinese wars, the country was divided into seven kingdoms: qin, zhao, han wei, yan, chu and qi. for years, these individual kingdoms fought ruthlessly for supremacy, forcing people to endure decades of death and suffering. the kingdom of qin was the most determined of all. the king of qin, obsessed with the idea of ??conquering all of china and thus becoming the first emperor, had long been the target of assassins from the other six states. but of all these probable killers, no one terrorized him like the three legendary killers called broken sword, flying snow and heaven. whoever defeated them, the king of qin had promised money, power and a private audience with the king himself. for ten years no one even managed to get close to the coveted prize. then without a name, an enigmatic sheriff, he arrived at the palace bringing with him the legendary weapons of the assassins, which he had won, and told his story to the king. the king listened to every single detail of this curious story. but then something even stranger happened: the king had a different story that explained why he was sitting there, just ten paces from him.
Festivals and awards
Oscar 2003 - nomination migliore film straniero
Golden Globe 2003 - nomination migliore film straniero
Direction
Zhang Yimou: regista
Production and Screenplay
Zhang Yimou: produttore
Zhang Yimou: sceneggiatore
Bin Wang: sceneggiatore
Feng Li: sceneggiatore
Li Feng: sceneggiatore
Wang Bin: sceneggiatore
Burgess Jenkins: produttore
Interpreters and Characters
Jiang Wen(età:39)
Arben Bajraktaraj(età:29)
Technical staff
Christopher Doyle: direttore della fotografia
Emi Wada: costumista
Tan Dun: musiche
Zhai Ru: montatore
Dun Tan: musiche
Angie Lam: montatore
Ru Zhai: montatore
Tingxiao Huo: scenografo
Zhenzhou Yi: scenografo
Voices and Dubbing
Version Italia(2002)
Federica De Bortoli Voice of Zhang Ziyi
Fabio Boccanera Voice of Jet Li
Sandro Acerbo Voice of Donnie Yen
Francesco Prando Voice of Tony Leung chiu-wai
Luigi La Monica Voice of Daoming Chen
Cristina Boraschi Voice of Maggie Cheung