House of Flying Daggers
2004 film by Zhang Yimou / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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House of Flying Daggers (Chinese: 十面埋伏; pinyin: Shímiàn máifú; lit. 'Ambush from ten sides') is a 2004 wuxia romance film directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Andy Lau, Zhang Ziyi and Takeshi Kaneshiro. Unlike other wuxia films, it is more of a love story than purely a martial arts film.
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Traditional Chinese | 十面埋伏 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 十面埋伏 | ||||||||||
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Directed by | Zhang Yimou | ||||||||||
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Cinematography | Zhao Xiaoding | ||||||||||
Edited by | Long Cheng | ||||||||||
Music by | Shigeru Umebayashi | ||||||||||
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Distributed by | Edko Films (Hong Kong) | ||||||||||
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Running time | 119 minutes[1] | ||||||||||
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Language | Mandarin | ||||||||||
Budget | $12 million | ||||||||||
Box office | $92.9 million |
The film opened in limited release within the United States on 3 December 2004, in New York City and Los Angeles, and opened on additional screens throughout the country two weeks later. The film grossed $11,050,094 at the United States box office and then went on to significantly overperform in home video market in the United States.[2]
The film was chosen as China's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for the year 2004, but was not nominated in that category. It did receive a nomination for Best Cinematography.