Ying xiong = [video recording] Hero / Miramax Films presents in association with Elite Group Enterprises Inc. an Edko Films, Zhang Yimou Sudio production in collaboration with China Film Co-Production Corp., Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd. and Beijing New Picture Film Co. ; jian zhi, Bill Kong, Zhang Yimou ; dao yan, Zhang Yimou.

英雄 = Hero / Miramax Films presents in association with Elite Group Enterprises Inc. an Edko Films, Zhang Yimou Sudio production in collaboration with China Film Co-Production Corp., Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd. and Beijing New Picture Film Co. ; jian zhi, Bill Kong, Zhang Yimou ; dao yan, Zhang Yimou.

Hero (parallel title)

Zhang, Yimou, (film director,, screenwriter.). Li, Feng, 1968- (screenwriter.). Tan, Dun, 1957- (composer.). Cheung, Maggie, (actor.). Li, Jet, 1963- (actor.). Leung, Tony Chiu Wai, 1962- (actor.). Zhang, Manyu, (actor.). Zhang, Ziyi, 1979- (actor.). Chen, Daoming, (actor.). Yen, Donnie, 1963- (actor.). Perlman, Itzhak, 1945- (performer.). Miramax Films. (Added Author). Elite Group Enterprises. (Added Author). Edko Films. (Added Author). Zhang Yimou gong zuo shi. (Added Author). Zhongguo dian ying he zuo zhi pian gong si. (Added Author). Yin du ji gou you xian gong si (Hong Kong, China) (Added Author). Beijing xin hua mian ying ye you xian gong si. (Added Author). Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen. (Cast).

Summary:

With supernatural skill and no fear a nameless soldier embarks on a mission of revenge against the fearsome army that massacred his people. Now, 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.

Record details

ISBN: 0788857037
ISBN: 9780788857034
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Widescreen.
Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Miramax Home Entertainment, [2004?]
Distributor: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Quentin Tarantino presents"--Container and disc Based on the novel by Li Feng. Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. Special features: "Inside the action : a conversation with Quentin Tarantino and Jet Li"; Hero defined; storyboards.
Formatted Contents Note:	Nameless -- Sky -- Calligrapher -- Sword & arrows -- Jealous fools -- Advance ten paces -- Flying snow -- Underestimated -- Spare the king -- "Our land" -- "Draw your sword" -- Execution.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Story, Zhang Yimou, Li Feng, Wang Bin ; director of photography, Christopher Doyle ; action director, Tony Ching Siu-Tung ; editors, Zhai Ru, Angie Lam ; production designers, Huo Ting Xiao, Yi Zhen Zhou ; costume designer, Emi Wada ; music, Tan Dun ; violin solos and fiddling, Itzhak Perlman.
Participant or Performer Note:	Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen.
System Details Note:	DVD; DTS 5.1 digital surround.
Language Note:	In Chinese (Mandarin); also dubbed into English and French; optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Awards Note:	Hong Kong Film Awards, 2003: Hong Kong Film Award - Best Action Choreography (Siu-Tung Ching); Best Art Direction (Tingxiao Huo, Zhenzhou Yi); Best Cinematography (Christopher Doyle); Best Costumes/Make-Up (Emi Wada); Best Music (Dun Tan); Best Sound (Jing Tao); Best Visual Effects (Murray Pope, Richard Schlein, Luke O'Byrne, Ellen Poon).