Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia : Curse of the golden flower

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Label

Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia : Curse of the golden flower

Title remainder

Curse of the golden flower

Statement of responsibility

Beijing New Picture Film Co. ; EDKO Film Ltd. ; Elite Group Enterprises ; Film Partner International ; produced by William Kong, Weiping Zhang, Yimou Zhang ; written by Yimou Zhang ; directed by Yimou Zhang

Title variation

Curse of the golden flower

Contributor

• Beijing xin hua mian ying ye you xian gong si
• Edko Films
• Elite Group Enterprises
• Film Partner International
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Cao, Yu, 1910-1996
• Chen, Jin
• Chow, Yun-fat
• Gong, Li, 1965-
• Junjie, Qin
• Kong, Bill
• Li, Man
• Liu, Ye, 1978-
• Ni, Dahong
• Zhang, Weiping
• Zhang, Yimou
• Zhou, Jielun, 1979-

Subject

• Action and adventure films
• Beijing (China) -- Drama
• China -- Kings and rulers -- Drama
• China -- Reyes y soberanos -- Teatro
• Chrysanthemums -- China -- Drama
• Crisantemos -- China -- Teatro
• Fathers and sons -- China -- Drama
• Feature films
• Forbidden City (Beijing, China) -- Drama
• Foreign films -- China
• Man-woman relationships -- China | Beijing -- Drama
• Romance fiction
• Surprise (Military science) -- China | Beijing -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Videorecordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Action and adventure films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Foreign films
• Romance fiction
• Teatro
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Videorecordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• chi
• eng
• eng
• fre
• chi
• chi

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

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Xiaoding Zhao ; music, Shigeru Umebayashi ; costume designer, Chung Man Yee ; production designer, Tingxiao Huo

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for violence

Language note

Closed-captioned; dialogue in Chinese (5.1 Dolby Digital) or English (5.1 Dolby Digital) with optional subtitles in English or Spanish.

LC call number

PN1995.9.A3

LC item number

C8774 2007

PerformerNote

Jin Chen, Jay Chou, Yun-Fat Chow, Li Gong, Qin Junjie, Man Li, Ye Liu, Dahong Ni

Runtime

114

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action