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Hero - Director's Cut (DVD) (Limited Edition) (China Version)
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Zhang Yimou's martial arts epic Hero brought Chinese film into international cinema. The film won an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards, a nomination for Best Film at the 60th Golden Globes Awards, and the Alfred Bauer Prize for Innovation at the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival. The film's all-star cast includes Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Donnie Yen, Zhang Ziyi, and Chen Daoming.

At the end of China's Warring States era, the Kingdom of Qin is the most ruthless and ambitious of the seven states. The Qin Emperor (Chen Daoming) is the target of assassins from all over China, the most formidable of whom are Broken Sword (Tony Leung), Flying Snow (Maggie Cheung), and Sky (Donnie Yen). When Nameless (Jet Li) kills all three, he is given a chance to meet the Emperor. Nameless explains to the Emperor how he used their personal relationships to expose and attack their weaknesses, but the Emperor tells a different version of the same story...

This edition of the film is the director's cut version which offers a running time of 108 minutes, approximately 10 minutes more than the original version. It also comes with a bonus simplified Chinese subtitled 1-hour behind-the-scene video clip and a pictorial book.

Hero actress style photo:

  • Maggie Cheung: (1), (2)
  • Ziyi Zhang: (1), (2), (3), (4)

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    Product Title: Hero - Director's Cut (DVD) (Limited Edition) (China Version) 英雄 (DVD) (導演版) (限量版) (中國版) 英雄 (DVD) (导演版) (限量版) (中国版) Hero - Director's Cut (DVD) (Limited Edition) (China Version) Hero - Director's Cut (Limited Edition) (China Version)
    Artist Name(s): Tony Leung Chiu Wai | Maggie Cheung Man Yuk | Jet Li | Zhang Ziyi | Zhang Yimou | Christopher Doyle | Ching Siu Tung | Tan Dun | Wada Emi | Chen Dao Ming | Donnie Yen 梁 朝偉 | 張 曼玉 | 李連杰 | 章子怡 | 張藝謀 | Christopher Doyle | 程小東 | 譚盾 | 和田惠美 | 陳道明 | 甄 子丹 梁 朝伟 | 张 曼玉 | 李连杰 | 章子怡 | 张艺谋 | 杜可风 | 程小东 | 谭盾 | 和田惠美 | 陈道明 | 甄 子丹 梁朝偉（トニー・レオン）　 | 張曼玉 （マギー・チャン） | 李連杰（ジェット・リー） | 章子怡（チャン・ツィイー） | 張藝謀（チャン・イーモウ） | 杜可風 （クリストファー・ドイル） | 程小東　（チン・シウトン） | Tan Dun | 和田惠美　（ワダ，エミコ） | 陳道明　（チェン・ダオミン） | 甄子丹（ドニー・イェン） 양조위 | 장만옥 | 이연걸 | 장쯔이 | 장이모우 | Christopher Doyle | Ching Siu Tung | Tan Dun | Wada Emi | Chen Dao Ming | 견자단
    Director: Zhang Yimou 張藝謀 张艺谋 張藝謀（チャン・イーモウ） 장이모우
    Action Director: Ching Siu Tung 程小東 程小东 程小東　（チン・シウトン） Ching Siu Tung
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    Release Date: 2004-07-27
    Language: Mandarin
    Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese
    Country of Origin: China
    Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
    Disc Format(s): DVD
    Region Code: All Region What is it?
    Duration: 168 (mins)
    Publisher: Guang Zhou Yin Xiang Chu Ban She
    Package Weight: 450 (g)
    Shipment Unit: 3 What is it?
    YesAsia Catalog No.: 1003695045

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    * DVD Type: DVD-9
    * Features:
    　- 長達1個多小時的鮮為人知的《英雄》幕後花絮
    　- 精美畫冊

    導演：張藝謀

    　　戰國末期，趙國有三個名震天下的刺客，他們是“長空”、“殘劍”、“飛雪”。因為他們，秦王十年�堥S睡過一個安穩覺。可是他們卻被一個默默無聞，名叫無名的秦國俞客所殺。消息傳來，秦王振奮，急召無名上殿相見。
    　　在秦王的大殿�堙A神秘的燭火燃燒著，秦王五無名只有十步距離，無名將擊殺長空、殘劍、飛雪的故事娓娓道來：他利用三人之間愛恨交織的關係，瓦解了他們的力量，各個擊破，因此取勝。可秦王機智過人，聽出了無名故事中的破綻，說出了另一種故事的講法：殘劍等三人是主動求敗，獻出生命，用苦肉計幫助無名上殿，無名才是真正最危險的刺客，而無名告訴秦王：他看錯了一個人，那就是殘劍。於是真正的故事從頭敘起……最後，無名拿起了劍，此時他離秦王只有十步，他的絕技是“十步一殺”。　

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    第75屆奧斯卡最佳外語片提名
    第53屆柏林國際電影節特別創新獎
    第60屆金球獎最佳影片提名　
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    Customer Review of "Hero - Director's Cut (DVD) (Limited Edition) (China Version)"

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    Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 5 - 5.5 out of 10 (2)
    Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 7 - 7.5 out of 10 (136)

    Walter
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    May 20, 2007

    This customer review refers to Hero (Director's Cut)
    1 people found the following helpful

     best version of the director's Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10
    Just about everyone has seen this movie and already knows the story, soundtrack, acting, directing, and the cinematography, so I'm just reviewing this disc.

    This Hong Kong Edko Films Ltd. release is the best version of the director's cut (roughly 10 minutes longer than the non-director's cut). Compared to the Guangdong Face Home Video release, this Edko release has a much better picture quality, the opening and closing words on the screen are shown in English (good for those who can't read the Chinese characters), and the Face release has an annoying watermark that pops up regularly thoughout the film - this Edko version does not. However, the Edko version lacks Faye Wong's song in the credits and there are no bonus materials at all on the DVD. Also, the description is incorrect - this Edko version DOES indeed have optional English subtitles. There's a comparision of the two director's cut releases on dvdactive.com. Enjoy!
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    Sk
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    November 27, 2006

    This customer review refers to Hero (UMD) (US Version)
    US Version was disappointing. Customer Review Rated Bad 5 - 5 out of 10
    Historically correct to an extent but I according to history kung fu did not appear til after this era. Also, the flying over waters is too fantasy-like, not only that but it just doesn't look good nor realistic. But what I disliked most especially from the US version alone is a line "Our Nation" Historically the prhase was "All Under Heaven" and I believe the Hong Kong version says All Under Heaven but "Our Nation"? Sounds like a Christian person editted this or something...
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    Adam
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    September 14, 2006

    This customer review refers to Hero (UMD) (US Version)
    2 people found the following helpful

     Twisted from dictatorship Customer Review Rated Bad 3 - 3 out of 10
    This movie is definitely a piece of art.

    The king is a BAD king in Chinese history who unified China but killed lots and lots of scholars, and civilians, and destroyed existing cultures and books.

    Unified a kingdom and then killed lots of people and destroyed all previous cultures and books are serious crimes! The hero in this movie should kill the king.

    However, in this movie, the story wants to tell the audience that unifying China is a glory itself, and killing lots of civilians is not a crime, is a necessity, is a process.

    This is a twisted logic that debase human values.

    I heard that this movie was written and funded by a dictationship country -- Mainland China Communist Party.
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    Nicole
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    June 27, 2006

    This customer review refers to Hero (US Version)
    I love this one Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
    ya, it IS great. I think I have watched it 10 times or so. It gets better too! ha ha. It is stunning to look at...the colors! wow Its like scenes have a color scheme. And, the story is inspiring.
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    Niku
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    January 1, 2006

    This customer review refers to Hero (US Version)
    A Decent Movie with Excellent Artistry Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9 out of 10
    First of all, the images in this movie are beautiful. Each camera angle was thought out carefully by the director, envoking vibrant colors that portray the mood of the scene. It's the artistic quality that has captured me when watching this film. The plotline is pretty interesting, with skilled actors/actresses. It's a step-up from previous martial-arts movies.
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