Plot - A young police officer, who is given task to kill a rebel leader, breaks out a beautiful member out of prison and in falls in love with her, jeopardizing the task at hand.
Jin and Leo are two police officers tasked to find and kill the leader of rebel group who oppose the government. Jin tricks Mei, who is suspected to be a daughter of the rebel leader, and gains her trust by posing as a rebel sympathizer. Mei takes Jin to the rebel group’s headquarters while Leo follows them with reinforcements. However, Jin falls in love with Mei en route.
| Nominated Oscar |
Best Achievement in Cinematography Xiaoding Zhao |
| Nominated Golden Globe |
Best Foreign Language Film Hong Kong |
| Nominated BAFTA Film Award |
Best Film not in the English Language William Kong Zhang Yimou |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Ziyi Zhang |
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| Best Cinematography Xiaoding Zhao |
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| Best Editing Long Cheng |
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| Best Production Design Tingxiao Huo |
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| Best Costume Design Emi Wada |
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| Best Sound Jing Tao Roger Savage |
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| Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects Angie Lam Andy Brown Kirsty Millar Luke Hetherington |
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| Best Make Up/Hair Lee-Na Kwan Xiaohai Yang Siu-Mui Chau |
| Nominated Saturn Award |
Best Fantasy Film |
| Best Actress Ziyi Zhang |
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| Best Director Zhang Yimou |
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| Best Costumes Emi Wada |
| Won ASSG Award |
Feature Film Soundtrack of the Year Roger Savage |
| Best Achievement in Sound for Film Sound Design Roger Savage Jing Tao Steve Burgess Vic Kaspar Ron Feruglio Jo Mion Paul Pirola Andrew Neil Chris Goodes Blair Slater Mario Vaccaro |
| Nominated ACCA |
Best Foreign Language Film |
| Won BSFC Award |
Best Director Zhang Yimou |
| Best Foreign Language Film China/Hong Kong. |
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| Best Cinematography Xiaoding Zhao |
| Nominated Critics Choice Award |
Best Foreign-Language Film |
| Nominated China Film Directors' Guild Award |
Best Actress Ziyi Zhang |
| Nominated Chlotrudis Award |
Best Cinematography Xiaoding Zhao |
| 2nd place DFWFCA Award |
Best Cinematography Xiaoding Zhao |
| 3rd place DFWFCA Award |
Best Foreign-Language Film |
| Nominated Screen International Award |
Zhang Yimou China |
| Nominated Gold Derby Award |
Art Direction Tingxiao Huo Zhong Han Bin Zhao |
| Cinematography Xiaoding Zhao |
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| Costume Design Emi Wada |
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| Foreign Language Film |
| Won Golden Rooster |
Best Art Direction Tingxiao Huo |
| Nominated Golden Rooster |
Best Film |
| Best Director Zhang Yimou |
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| Best Sound Jing Tao |
| Won Golden Trailer |
Best Foreign Empire Design |
| Best Foreign Independent |
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| Nominated Golden Trailer |
Best Music Empire Design |
| Nominated Hong Kong Film Award |
Best Asian Film China. |
| Won Huabiao Film Award |
Outstanding Actress Ziyi Zhang Tied with 'Wei Zhao' for A Time to Love (2005). |
| Nominated Huabiao Film Award |
Outstanding Film |
| Nominated Hundred Flowers Award |
Best Actress Ziyi Zhang |
| Best Supporting Actor Andy Lau |
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| Best Director Zhang Yimou |
| Nominated Image Award |
Outstanding Independent or Foreign Film |
| Nominated IOMA |
Best Costume Design (Migliori costumi) |
| Best Visual Effects (Migliori effetti visivi) |
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| Best Sound Effects (Migliori effetti sonori) |
| Nominated ALFS Award |
Film of the Year |
| Director of the Year Zhang Yimou |
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| Foreign Language Film of the Year China/Hong Kong. |
| Won LAFCA Award |
Best Foreign Film Zhang Yimou China/Hong Kong. |
| 2nd place LAFCA Award |
Best Production Design Tingxiao Huo |
| Best Cinematography Xiaoding Zhao |
| Won Golden Reel Award |
Best Sound Editing in Foreign Features Roger Savage (supervising sound editor) Jing Tao (supervising sound editor) Jo Mion (supervising foley editor) Steve Burgess (sound editor) Vic Kaspar (sound editor) Ron Feruglio (sound editor) Paul Pirola (sound editor) Andrew Neil (sound editor) Glenn Newnham (sound editor) Mario Vaccaro (foley editor) Blair Slater (foley editor) |
| Nominated MTV Movie Award |
Best Fight Ziyi Zhang For Zhang Ziyi vs. The Emperor's guards. |
| Won NBR Award |
Outstanding Production Design Tingxiao Huo |
| Won NSFC Award |
Best Director Zhang Yimou For Ying xiong |
| Best Cinematography Xiaoding Zhao |
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| 2nd place NSFC Award |
Best Foreign Language Film |
| 2nd place NYFCC Award |
Best Director Zhang Yimou |
| Won NYFCO Award |
Top Films of the Year |
| Won OFTA Film Award |
Best Costume Design Emi Wada |
| Nominated OFTA Film Award |
Best Foreign Language Film China |
| Best Music, Original Song Shigeru Umebayashi (music and lyrics by) Kathleen Battle (performed by) For the song "Lovers". |
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| Best Cinematography Xiaoding Zhao |
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| Best Production Design Tingxiao Huo (production design) Zhong Han (art direction) Bin Zhao (art direction/set decoration) |
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| Best Sound Effects Editing Andrew Neil Roger Savage |
| Nominated OFCS Award |
Best Cinematography Xiaoding Zhao |
| Best Editing Long Cheng |
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| Best Foreign Language Film China. |
| Won Golden Satellite Award |
Best Cinematography Xiaoding Zhao |
| Best Visual Effects Andy Brown Kirsty Millar Tied with Robert Legato, Peter G. Travers, Matthew Gratzner and R. Bruce Steinheimer for The Aviator... More |
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| Nominated Golden Satellite Award |
Best Motion Picture, Foreign Film China. |
| Best Film Editing Long Cheng |
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| Best Sound (Editing & Mixing) Jing Tao |
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| Best Art Direction/Production Design Zhong Han |
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| Best Costume Design Emi Wada |
| Won SLFCA Award |
Best Cinematography Xiaoding Zhao |
| 2nd place UFCA Award |
Best Non-English Language Film China |
| Nominated Taurus Award |
Best Fight Cai Li Shi Feng Li Lei Xia Bin Li Wei Cheng Wei Ou Xiang Gao Fei Goa Zhan Bo Feng Zhong Two men fight with swords in an autumn field. Their fight carries them into winter, as they begin to use their bodies in addition to swords to fight. |
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