Hero

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Hero is a visually striking 2002 Chinese wuxia film directed by Zhang Yimou, renowned for its stylized martial arts, color symbolism, and exploration of sacrifice and political unity.

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instanceOf film
wuxia film
academyAwardNomination Best Foreign Language Film
actionChoreographyBy Ching Siu-tung
award Golden Rooster Award for Best Picture
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography
basedOn legend of Jing Ke's assassination attempt on the King of Qin
boxOfficeSuccess yes
character Broken Sword
Flying Snow
King of Qin
Moon
Nameless
cinematographyBy Christopher Doyle
Zhao Xiaoding
colorMotif black
blue
green
red
white
countryOfOrigin China
criticalReception generally positive
director Zhang Yimou
distributedBy Miramax Films
featuresElement wire-fu style combat
filmingLocation China
genre historical drama film
martial arts film
wuxia
mainTheme assassination and loyalty
political unity
sacrifice
musicBy Tan Dun
narrativeDevice multiple conflicting flashback accounts
notableFor extensive use of color symbolism
nonlinear narrative structure
stylized martial arts sequences
originalLanguage Mandarin Chinese
portrays unification of China under Qin
posterColorScheme red and gold
productionCompany Beijing New Picture Film Co.
releaseYear 2002
runningTime approximately 99 minutes
setInPeriod Warring States period
stars Chen Daoming
Jet Li
Maggie Cheung
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Zhang Ziyi

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