Hero
Ying xiong
China / Hong Kong,
2002, 99 min
(Director's cut: 107 min)
Directed by:
Yimou ZhangComposer:
Tan DunCast:
Jet Li, Tony Chiu-wai Leung, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang, Daoming Chen, Donnie Yen, Angela Oh, Elizabeth Sung, Tielin Zhang, Xiaoyang Chang, Yan QinPlots(1)
With supernatural skill ... and no fear ... a nameless soldier (Jet Li) 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! (official distributor synopsis)
Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2003 - Yimou Zhang (Best Foreign Language Film)
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- 2004 - Best Foreign Independent
Robert Awards (Danish Film Awards)
- 2004 - Yimou Zhang (Best Non-American Film)
Hong Kong Film Awards
- 2003 - Christopher Doyle (Best Cinematography)
- 2003 - Best Art Direction
- 2003 - Best Costume Design and Make-Up
- 2003 - Best Action Choreography
- 2003 - Tan Dun (Best Original Score)
- 2003 - Best Sound Design
- 2003 - Best Visual Effects
- 2003 - Yimou Zhang (Best Picture)
- 2003 - Yimou Zhang (Best Director)
- 2003 - Maggie Cheung (Best Actress)
- 2003 - Ziyi Zhang (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2003 - Feng Li, Wang Bin, Yimou Zhang (Best Screenplay)
- 2003 - Best Editing
- 2003 - Best Original Song
Golden Globes
- 2003 - Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2004 - Christopher Doyle (Best Cinematography)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2004 - Christopher Doyle (Best Cinematographer)
Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival)
- 2003 - Yimou Zhang (Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize)
- 2003 - Yimou Zhang (Golden Bear for Best Film)