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A fearless warrior rises up to defy an empire and unite a nation. With supernatural skill, and no fear, the soldier embarks on a mission of revenge against the fearsome army that has massacred his people. To achieve the justice he seeks, he must take on the empire's most ruthless assassins and reach the enemy he has sworn to defeat. The story of the First Emperor of China, who is on the brink of winning a war-torn land during the dawn of the Qin dynasty over 2,000 years ago. Three opponents are determined to kill the King, but the warrior stands in their way.

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Subjects
Genres
Feature films
Adventure films
Historical films
Martial arts films
Action and adventure films
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
Santa Monica, CA : Lionsgate [2009]
Language
Chinese
English
French
Spanish
Corporate Authors
Edko Films, Zhang Yimou gong zuo shi, Zhongguo dian ying he zuo zhi pian gong si, Yin du ji gou you xian gong si (Hong Kong, China), Beijing xin hua mian ying ye you xian gong si
Corporate Authors
Edko Films (production company), Zhang Yimou gong zuo shi, Zhongguo dian ying he zuo zhi pian gong si, Yin du ji gou you xian gong si (Hong Kong, China), Beijing xin hua mian ying ye you xian gong si
Other Authors
Yimou Zhang (film director), Bill Kong (film producer), Feng Li, 1968- (screenwriter), Bin (Screenwriter) Wang (director), Xiaodong Cheng, 1953- (actor), Jet Li, 1963- (performer), Tony Chiu Wai Leung, 1962-, Manyu Zhang, Ziyi Zhang, 1979-, Daoming Chen, Donnie Yen, 1963-, Itzhak Perlman, 1945-
Edition
Special edition
Item Description
Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.
Special features: Close-up of a fight scene; Inside the action: a conversation with Quentin Tarantino & Jet Li; "Hero defined" making of featurette; storyboards; soundtrack spot.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen (2.35:1) ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer, digitally mastered.
Audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for stylized martial arts violence and a scene of sensuality.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Christopher Doyle ; editors, Zhai Ru, Angie Lam ; music composer and conductor, Tan Dun ; action director, Tony Ching Siu-Tung ; visual effects supervisor, Ellen Poon ; story by Zhang Yimou, Li Feng, Wang Bin ; violin solos and fiddling, Itzhak Perlman.
ISBN
9780788895258
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