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Curse of the golden flower
Title
Curse of the golden flower [videorecording] / a Sony Pictures Classics release, Film Partner International, Inc. and Edko Films, Ltd. and Saftu Films and Beijing New Picture Co. Ltd. present a Zhang Yimou film ; produced by Bill Kong, Zhang Weiping ; screenplay by Zhang Yimou, Wu Nan, Bian Zhihong ; directed by Zhang Yimou.
ISBN
1424845718
9781424845712
Edition
[Blu-ray version.].
Published
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2007.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Blu-ray disc.
Title from container.
Based on the play by Yu Cao.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006.
Special features: Secrets within: making of featurette; Los Angeles premiere.
Director of photography, Zhao Xiaoding ; editor, Cheng Long ; original music, Shigeru Umebayashi ; costume designer, Yee Chung Man ; production designer, Huo Tingxiao ; action director, Tony Ching Siu-Tung.
Chinese (PCM 5.1, Dolby 5.1) or dubbed English (Dolby 5.1) dialogue, English or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Access and use
This disc is copy protected.
Summary
China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century. On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The Emperor returns unexpectedly with his second son, Prince Jai. His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing Empress, this seems disingenuous. For many years, the Empress and Crown Prince Wan, her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love Chan, the Imperial Doctor's daughter. Meanwhile, faithful son Prince Jai, grows worried over the Empress's health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. The Emperor harbors equally clandestine plans and the Imperial Doctor is the only one privy to his machinations. When the Emperor senses a looming threat, he relocates the doctor's family from the Palace to a remote area. They are attacked by mysterious assassins and Chan and her mother are forced back to the palace. Their return sets off a tumultuous sequence of dark surprises. Amid the glamour and grandeur of the festival, ugly secrets are revealed. As the Imperial Family continues its elaborate charade in a palatial setting, thousands of golden armored warriors charge the palace.
Variant and related titles
Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia
Curse of the golden flower
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Chinese; English
Added to Catalog
May 11, 2021
Credits
Director of photography, Zhao Xiaoding ; editor, Cheng Long ; original music, Shigeru Umebayashi ; costume designer, Yee Chung Man ; production designer, Huo Tingxiao ; action director, Tony Ching Siu-Tung.
Cast
Chow Yun Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Liu Ye, Chen Jin, Ni Dahong, Li Man, Qin Junjie.
System details note
DVD, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital PCM 5.1 uncompressed surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, 1920x1080p High-Definition.
This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players.
Audience
MPAA rating: R; for violence.
Videorecording number
17913 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Subjects
Genre/Form
Foreign films.
Action and adventure films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Action and adventure films.
Romance fiction.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Adventure - Feature.
Romance - Feature.
Also listed under
Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
Film Partner International.
Edko Films.
Saftu Films (Firm)
Beijing xin hua mian ying ye you xian gong si.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
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