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Shadow (Ying)
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It is a strong historical and dramatic story that tells of a great king and his people who will be expelled from their homeland and aspire to demand it soon. Events begin through the violent and ambitious king who seems to have his own mysterious methods and motives. On the other hand, there is a general, a visionary who longs to win in that battle. The women of the palace are the women who struggle to find salvation from this whole world.
It is a strong historical and dramatic story that tells of a great king and his people who will be expelled from their homeland and aspire to demand it soon. Events begin through the violent and ambitious king who seems to have his own mysterious methods and motives. On the other hand, there is a general, a visionary who longs to win in that battle. The women of the palace are the women who struggle to find salvation from this whole world.
Actors:
Jingchun Wang,
Chao Deng,
Lei Wu,
Ryan Zheng,
Jun Hu,
Qianyuan Wang,
Xiaotong Guan,
Li Sun
Jingchun Wang
Chao Deng
8 February 1979, Jiangxi, China
Lei Wu
Ryan Zheng
17 April 1986, Shanghai, China
Jun Hu
18 March 1968, Beijing, China
Qianyuan Wang
Xiaotong Guan
September 17, 1997 in Beijing, China
Li Sun
26 September 1982, Shanghai, China
Director:
Yimou Zhang
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October 17, 2018
[A] crunching martial arts barn-burner.
January 02, 2019
Zhang seems more taken with the chichi set decoration than the bodies posed in front of it.
September 08, 2018
Every supremely controlled stylistic element of Zhang Yimou's breathtakingly beautiful "Shadow" is an echo of another, a motif repeated, a pattern recurring in a fractionally different way each time.
November 05, 2018
It's a marvel to see auteur Zhang Yimou return with another wuxia epic, over a decade after his last, and approach it in a dazzlingly different way.
January 24, 2019
Shadow is a sumptuous sensory feast filled with spectacle, surprise, and madness.
October 30, 2018
Zhang is seriously gifted at combining eye-catching imagery with darkly engaging stories. And this film is packed with sequences that take the breath away.
November 20, 2018
There's romance and melodrama in Shadow, and while it's less emphasized than in Zhang's other wuxia films, it pairs well with the Machiavellian intrigue.
October 23, 2018
A beautiful, thrilling return to form.
January 17, 2019
A visually ravishing tale of intrigue and deception that stands proudly alongside [Zhang's] past triumphs Hero and House of Flying Daggers.
October 18, 2018
"Shadow" is an elegant Chinese ink brush painting.
November 09, 2018
The film's rain-soaked moodiness has genuine gravity and the fight choreography is inventive.
September 06, 2018
This is probably the most stunningly beautiful Zhang has made to date.

