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Format:
Video disc
Title:
Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia
Other title(s):
Curse of the golden flower
Title (alt. graph.):
Curse of the golden flower = 滿城盡帶黃金甲 / 環球電影夥伴有限公司, 安樂影片有限公司, 北京新畫面影業有限公司出品 ; 導演, 張藝謀 ; 監製, 製片人, 江志強, 張偉平 ; 編劇, 張藝謀, 吳楠, 卞智洪/ Film Partner International Inc. and Edko Films Limited, Beijing New Picture Film Co., Ltd. present ; directed by Zhang Yimou ; produced by Bill Kong, Zhang Weiping ; screenplay by Zhang Yimou, Wu Nan, Bian Zhihong.
ISBN:
9781424833887
Publication:
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : Sony Pictures Classics, [2007]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Based on the play Lei yu by Yu Cao.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006.

Special features: Secrets within: making-of featurette, Los Angeles premiere, previews of other films.
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.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: R; for violence.
Added Author (alt. graph.):
張藝謀,
Added Corporate Author (alt. graph.):
北京新畫面影業有限公司.
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