The House of the Flying Daggers
Another beautiful picture from Zhang Yimou – an artsy martial arts tale of a few centuries back complete with a dramatic love story and incredible scenes of beautiful landscapes. Similar but more intimate than his film ‘Hero’, we see Ziyi Zhang again as a sort of double agent, Takeshi Kaneshiro as a policeman who falls in love with her and another suitor Andy Lau who also is a policeman. 
Behind them are bands of rebels and police, all typical of the time. The photography is superb – Zhao Xiaoding being responsible here and the music accompanies perfectly the grand scenes.
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