Hero = Ying xiong /

Hero = Ying xiong / Ying xiong Miramax Films ; Elite Group Enterprises Inc. ; Edko Films ; Zhang Yimou Sudio production ; China Film Co-Production Corp. ; Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd. ; Beijing New Picture Film Co. Ltd. ; produced by Bill Kong, Zhang Yimou ; screenplay by Li Feng, Zhang Yimou, Wang Bin ; directed by Zhang Yimou. - Widescreen (2.35:1). - 1 DVD (approximately 99 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Title from container. Based on the novel by Li Feng. Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. "Quentin Tarantino presents"--Container. Special features: "Inside the action : a conversation with Quentin Tarantino and Jet Li"; Hero defined; storyboards.

Director of photography, Christopher Doyle ; editors, Zhai Ru, Angie Lam ; music, Tan Dun ; violin solos and fiddling, Itzhak Perlman. Director of photography, Christopher Doyle ; editors, Zhai Ru, Angie Lam ; music, Tan Dun ; violin solos and fiddling, Itzhak Perlman.

Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Dao Ming, Donnie Yen.

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.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for stylized martial arts violence and a scene of sensuality.


DVD, region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound, DTS 5.1surround sound.


Soundtrack in Chinese, English or French, optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

0788857037 (container)

786936259223

38012 Miramax Home Entertainment


Revenge--Drama.


China--History--Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C--Drama.


Adventure films.
Feature films.
Motion pictures, Chinese.
Films for the hearing impaired.
French language materials--Bilingual.
Chinese language materials--Bilingual.
Spanish language materials--Bilingual.
Materiales en español--Bilingüe.
Video (DVD)
Martial arts films.
Foreign films.

PN1997.2 / .H47 2004

791.43/72