“Demonstrates how the martial arts genre transcends action and violence and moves into poetry, ballet and philosophy.”
An unnamed fighter (Jet Li) is honoured for defeating three of the king's most dangerous enemies. When Nameless recounts his battles with the assassins - Broken Sword (Tony Leung), Flying Snow (Maggie Cheung) and Moon (Zhang Ziyi) - the king begins to question some of the details, interjecting his own take on Nameless’s version of events. Director Yimou Zhang (Raise the Red Lantern) and regular Wong Kar-wai collaborator, Oscar-winning cinematographer Christopher Doyle fashion a visually arresting martial arts epic set in ancient China that won critical and commercial acclaim when it dazzled audiences in 2002.
