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Shadow (Ying)
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It is a story that looks purely historical as it tells of a battle that may be the most dangerous in the life of that general. The story begins where there is a great king and his people who will be expelled from their homeland and aspire to claim it over a period of time. The king general appears to be the visionary who longs to win the final battle but needs to prepare his plans in secret. In the end, the general sets up a complex plan involving his wife, personality and two kings to win the battle.
It is a story that looks purely historical as it tells of a battle that may be the most dangerous in the life of that general. The story begins where there is a great king and his people who will be expelled from their homeland and aspire to claim it over a period of time. The king general appears to be the visionary who longs to win the final battle but needs to prepare his plans in secret. In the end, the general sets up a complex plan involving his wife, personality and two kings to win the battle.
Actors:
Lei Wu,
Jingchun Wang,
Xiaotong Guan,
Li Sun,
Jun Hu,
Ryan Zheng,
Chao Deng,
Qianyuan Wang
Lei Wu
Jingchun Wang
Xiaotong Guan
September 17, 1997 in Beijing, China
Li Sun
26 September 1982, Shanghai, China
Jun Hu
18 March 1968, Beijing, China
Ryan Zheng
17 April 1986, Shanghai, China
Chao Deng
8 February 1979, Jiangxi, China
Qianyuan Wang
Director:
Yimou Zhang
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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.
October 23, 2018
A beautiful, thrilling return to form.
January 02, 2019
Zhang seems more taken with the chichi set decoration than the bodies posed in front of it.
October 17, 2018
[A] crunching martial arts barn-burner.
November 09, 2018
The film's rain-soaked moodiness has genuine gravity and the fight choreography is inventive.
October 18, 2018
"Shadow" is an elegant Chinese ink brush painting.
September 06, 2018
This is probably the most stunningly beautiful Zhang has made to date.
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.
January 24, 2019
Shadow is a sumptuous sensory feast filled with spectacle, surprise, and madness.
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.
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.

