Curse of the Golden Flower

滿城盡帶黃金甲 (2006)

Timing: 1:54 (114 min)

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All about film

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Actors and characters

Release date

2006-12-14

Country

China, Hong Kong

Production

Focus Features, Sony Pictures Classics, Edko Films, Beijing New Picture Film Co. Ltd., Elite Group Enterprises, Film Partner International

Genre

Action, Drama, Fantasy

Budget

$45 000 000

Revenue

$75 877 393

Website

http://ent.sina.com.cn/hjj/

Director

Zhang Yimou

Actors

Chow Yun-fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Liu Ye, Qin Junjie, Li Man, Ni Dahong, Chen Jin, Siran Ge, Jiulong Guo
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Nan Wu

Producer

Bill Kong Chi-Keung, Zhang Weiping

Operator

Zhao Xiaoding

Composer

Shigeru Umebayashi

Artist

Audition

Editing

Cheng Long
All team (13)

• With a budget of $45 million US dollars, this film was the most expensive Chinese film upon its release.
• In 2006, he was submitted as China's candidate for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but he was not nominated for the final stage of the competition in this category.
• Some of the costumes weighed over 40 kg.
• A team of 40 people sewed the costumes for the emperor and his consort for the festival, and it took over two months to create them.
• The emperor's headdress was created with incredible accuracy; it is a copy of a headdress from the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD).
• Over 1,000 real soldiers were involved in the final battle. Its filming lasted more than 20 days.
• The most expensive Chinese film at the time of its production.