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Curse of the Golden Flower (UMD) (US Version) UMD, DVD Region 1

Man Li (Actor) | Linda Chiu (Actor) | Jay Chou (Producer, Actor) | Gong Li (Actor)
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Curse of the Golden Flower (UMD) (US Version)

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Curse of the Golden Flower is probably the most talked-about Chinese film of 2006. International star Chow Yun Fat returns to Chinese cinema to team up with Gong Li in a film directed by the famed Zhang Yimou, who continues in the period epic genre after Hero and House of Flying Daggers. In addition to these three big names, the film also features acclaimed Mainland actor Liu Ye and Taiwanese top singer Jay Chou in his first costume role. The extravagant palace and the omnipresent chrysanthemums give the film its dazzling colors, creating an unprecedented visual sumptuousness that is beyond astounding.

Turning Cao Yu's famous play Thunder Storm into an epic film, Curse of the Golden Flower details a complicated dispute that encompasses both familial and political dimensions. Patriarchal Emperor Ping (Chow Yun Fat) summons his second son, Prince Jie (Jay Chou), to return to the palace after his tour of duty defending the border. Meanwhile, Prince Xiang (Liu Ye) wants to hide his incestuous affair with his step-mother, Empress Phoenix (Gong Li). Spectacularly beautiful from the outside, the royal family is actually falling apart within the golden confines of the palace. The calculating Emperor Ping wants to slowly kill the Empress with help from the Imperial Physician (Ni Dahong) and his daughter (Li Man), but Phoenix is also trying to ally with Prince Jie to start a coup...

The film demonstrates how the hunger for power eventually distorts human nature and leads to shocking brutality. Filled with jaw-dropping fighting scenes and beautifully designed costumes and settings, Curse of the Golden Flower exhibits the full potential of the genre's aesthetics. Zhang Yimou uses the most exorbitant visual elements to narrate a thrilling story, in which the brightest colors come into contrast with the darkest acts that human beings are capable of.

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Product Title: Curse of the Golden Flower (UMD) (US Version) Curse of the Golden Flower (UMD) (US Version) Curse of the Golden Flower (UMD) (US Version) 王妃の紋章 （満城盡帯黄金甲） (UMD) (US Version) Curse of the Golden Flower (UMD) (US Version)
Artist Name(s): Man Li (Actor) | Linda Chiu (Actor) | Jay Chou (Actor) | Gong Li (Actor) | JIN CHEN (Actor) | Wang Bin (Actor) | Huo Tingxiao (Actor) | Ni Dahong (Actor) | Stephen Chow (Actor) | Chow Yun Fat (Actor) 嫚麗 (Actor) | Linda Chiu (Actor) | Jay Chou (Actor) | Gong Li (Actor) | 金晨 (Actor) | Wang Bin (Actor) | Huo Tingxiao (Actor) | Ni Dahong (Actor) | Stephen Chow (Actor) | Chow Yun Fat (Actor) 嫚丽 (Actor) | Linda Chiu (Actor) | Jay Chou (Actor) | Gong Li (Actor) | 金晨 (Actor) | Wang Bin (Actor) | Huo Tingxiao (Actor) | Ni Dahong (Actor) | Stephen Chow (Actor) | Chow Yun Fat (Actor) Man Li (Actor) | Linda Chiu (Actor) | Jay Chou (Actor) | Gong Li (Actor) | JIN CHEN (Actor) | Wang Bin (Actor) | Huo Tingxiao (Actor) | Ni Dahong (Actor) | Stephen Chow (Actor) | Chow Yun Fat (Actor) Man Li (Actor) | Linda Chiu (Actor) | Jay Chou (Actor) | Gong Li (Actor) | JIN CHEN (Actor) | Wang Bin (Actor) | Huo Tingxiao (Actor) | Ni Dahong (Actor) | Stephen Chow (Actor) | Chow Yun Fat (Actor)
Director: Zhang Yimou 張藝謀 张艺谋 張藝謀（チャン・イーモウ） 장이모우
Producer: Jay Chou Jay Chou Jay Chou Jay Chou Jay Chou
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Release Date: 2007-03-27
UPC Code: 043396184923
Language: English, Mandarin
Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese
Country of Origin: United States
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Color Information: Color
Disc Format(s): UMD
Region Code: 1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating: R (MPAA)
Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Package Weight: 100 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004651630

Product Information

Director: Yimou Zhang

UMD Features:

Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby 2.0 - Mandarin
Dubbed - English - Optional
Subtitles - English - Closed Captioned
Subtitles - English, French - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Behind the Scenes: Making Of

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Awards

This film has received 4 award nomination(s). All Award-Winning Asian Films

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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 5 - 5 out of 10 (1)

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June 6, 2007
Curse Of The Golden Flower Customer Review Rated Bad 5 - 5 out of 10
Much has been made of the heaving bosoms in this lavish Zhang Yimou production set in the Tang Dynasty. But like a lot of other moments in this over-elaborate film, it is simply too much. Not that the material is bad. The storyline of a royal family that is all regal dignity on the outside but rotting with discontent from within is cleverly layered, as more dirty secrets surface with the story and characters' progressions. But the epic battle scenes and the lush cinematography turn the film into an unfortunate parallel of the plot - it only looks good.

Furthermore, it is let down by a bad Chou-and-Chow combination. Chow the veteran plays the Emperor with an inexplicable grimace on his face, while Chou the newcomer... well, let's just say he hasn't progressed much from Initial D. So it's down to Gong, who renewed her partnership with old flame Zhang for the first time in 11 years for this film, to rescue the show. Her portrayal of the oppressed but vengeful Empress is by turns sympathetic and cruel, and she anchors the latter's plight, which is at the heart of the story, with admirable gravitas. The making-of is insightful, with Zhang hinting at the political overtones of the film. Too bad that's all you get - the additional interviews with Gong and Chow are mostly rehashed from this segment.
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