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Warner Bros. Pictures
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Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Release Date: Dec 15, 2000
Running Time: 120 mins.
Additional Notes: dialogue Mandarin Chinese
Country Of Origin: Taiwan
Country Of Origin: Hong Kong
Country Of Origin: United States
Country Of Origin: China
synopsis
This is the story of two women, both capable fighters, whose fates intertwine during the Ching Dynasty. One of them tries passionately to break free from the constraint society has placed upon her, even if it means giving up her aristocratic privileges for a life of crime and passion. The other, in her lifelong pursuit of justice and honor, only too late discovers the consequences of unfulfilled love. Their two destinies will lead them to a violent and astonishing showdown, in which each will make a surprising, climatic choice.
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Li Mu Bai
Yu Shu Lien
Jen Yu
Lo
Sir Te
Jade Fox
Governor Yu
Bo
Madam Yu
Tsai
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reviews
An epic love story sprinkled with lightning-fast martial arts sequences of Bruce Lee proportions set in the landscapes of ancient China. Story Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun Fat) is the most skilled martial artist in the region, yet after years of training and fighting, he's ready to give it all up to lead a new, peaceful life. Only he's got two more challenges ahead of him: love and a young mysterious thief with martial arts skills like he's never seen. Before he can slip into retirement, he attempts to… 
December 10, 2000
During the final scene in the work of daredevil cinematic artistry that is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a major character makes a leap of faith by diving off a mountain into thin air. My advice is that you approach this heartfelt fable with the same outlook and let director Ang Lee be your wings. Here is the kind of filmmaking magic that we've been missing for ages. Lee, the Taiwanese master who made his reputation in America with Sense and Sensibility and The Ice Storm, uses breathless…
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