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| Takeshi Kaneshiro | ... | Jin | |
| Andy Lau | ... | Leo | |
| Ziyi Zhang | ... | Xiao Mei (as Zhang Ziyi) | |
| Dandan Song | ... | Yee | |
| Hongfei Zhao | ... | Performer | |
| Jun Guo | ... | Performer | |
| Shu Zhang | ... | Performer | |
| Jiusheng Wang | ... | Performer | |
| Zhengyong Zhang | ... | Performer | |
| Yongxin Wang | ... | Performer | |
| Dong Liu | ... | Performer | |
| Qi Zi | ... | Performer | |
| Xuedong Qu | ... | Performer | |
| Liping Tian | ... | Performer | |
| Hongwei Zhao | ... | Performer | |
| Weina Huang | ... | Performer | |
| Dan Ge | ... | Performer | |
| Xiadong Yang | ... | Performer | |
| Yisha Shang | ... | Performer | |
| Ying Liu | ... | Performer | |
| Jingwen Huang | ... | Performer | |
| Keija Zhang | ... | Performer | |
| Tianyou Luo | ... | Performer | |
| Lin Zhu | ... | Performer | |
| Jiwei Hu | ... | Performer | |
| Yu Hong | ... | Performer | |
| Bojie Hao | ... | Performer | |
| Jiajun Zhu | ... | Performer | |
| Ge Xu | ... | Performer | |
| Jingxiu Chou | ... | Performer | |
| Cuifang Guo | ... | Performer | |
| Chengyuan Li | ... | Performer | |
| Shuo Zhang | ... | Performer | |
| Jidong Zhang | ... | Performer | |
| Qiang Li | ... | Performer | |
| Yang Fu | ... | Performer | |
| Yang Guang | ... | Performer | |
| Yang Wen | ... | Performer | |
| Liang Chen | ... | Performer | |
| Xiuqiang Lin | ... | Performer | |
| Kun Wang | ... | Performer | |
| Meng Li | ... | Performer | |
| Ming Dong | ... | Performer | |
| Xiaodong Zheng | ... | Performer | |
| Chacha Song | ... | Performer | |
| Xuanyi Wang | ... | Performer | |
| Xueying Huang | ... | Performer |
Directed by | |||
| Yimou Zhang | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Feng Li | writer | |
| Bin Wang | writer | |
| Yimou Zhang | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| William Kong | .... | producer | |
| Weiping Zhang | .... | executive producer | |
| Yimou Zhang | .... | producer | |
| Zhenyan Zhang | .... | associate producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Shigeru Umebayashi | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Xiaoding Zhao | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Long Cheng | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Tingxiao Huo | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Zhong Han | (supervising art director) | ||
| Bin Zhao | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Emi Wada | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Siu-Mui Chau | .... | chief hair stylist (as Chau Siu Mui) | |
| Lee-na Kwan | .... | chief makeup artist (as Lee Na Kwan) | |
| Shui Niu | .... | assistant hair stylist | |
| Yang Ruo | .... | assistant makeup artist | |
| Ge Xiufang | .... | assistant makeup artist | |
| Xiaohai Yang | .... | chief makeup artist | |
| Diu Zhijuan | .... | assistant makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Tianhui Ge | .... | unit manager | |
| Larissa Khaliapina | .... | unit manager: Ukraine (as Larysa Khalyapina) | |
| Jane Maguire | .... | post-production supervisor | |
| Wenhua Ma | .... | assistant production supervisor | |
| Lu Sen | .... | unit manager | |
| Huang Xinmin | .... | assistant production supervisor (as Huang Xinming) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Xiaoyang Chang | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Huo Depeng | .... | assistant property master | |
| Yi Ho | .... | property master (as Yi Hou) | |
| Zhongquan Hu | .... | set dresser | |
| Mu Ke | .... | assistant property master | |
| Bao-Tai Li | .... | assistant property master (as Li Baotai) | |
| Miao Li | .... | assistant art director | |
| Shaochun Liu | .... | special props | |
| Marco Nero | .... | matte painter | |
| Guo Hong Sheng | .... | assistant property master | |
| Ming Wu | .... | assistant art director | |
| Xiaolong Xu | .... | assistant property master | |
Sound Department | |||
| Steve Burgess | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Chris Goodes | .... | sound editing assistant | |
| Alex Gordon | .... | adr recordist | |
| Cao Huijun | .... | location sound assistant | |
| Vic Kaspar | .... | sound editor | |
| Jo Mion | .... | sound editor | |
| Damon Mouris | .... | sound mixer assistant | |
| Andrew Neil | .... | re-recording mix assistant | |
| Andrew Neil | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Glenn Newnham | .... | sound editor | |
| Zeliang Niu | .... | location sound assistant | |
| Paul Pirola | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Roger Savage | .... | sound mixer | |
| Roger Savage | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Roger Savage | .... | sound supervisor | |
| Blair Slater | .... | foley recordist | |
| Jing Tao | .... | sound | |
| Mario Vaccaro | .... | foley artist | |
| Zhigang Zhang | .... | first sound assistant | |
| Gina Nuccio | .... | additional adr editor (uncredited) | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Lindsay Adams | .... | digital compositor | |
| Charlie Armstrong | .... | digital compositor | |
| Vaughn Arnup | .... | digital compositor | |
| Mark Barber | .... | digital compositor | |
| Jason Billington | .... | digital compositor | |
| Roger Bolton | .... | digital compositor | |
| David Booth | .... | visual effects | |
| Kent Boswell | .... | visual effects production manager: Fuel | |
| Dan Breckwoldt | .... | digital compositor | |
| Andy Brown | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Paul Buckley | .... | animator: Digital Pictures Iloura | |
| Sam Cole | .... | compositing supervisor: Fuel | |
| Chris Davies | .... | digital compositor | |
| Jonathan Dixon | .... | digital liaison | |
| Clinton Downs | .... | digital artist | |
| Bryn Farrelly | .... | digital compositor | |
| Siggy Ferstl | .... | digital intermediate colorist: Digital Pictures | |
| Morgane Furio | .... | Inferno compositor | |
| Darrin Hanley | .... | digital compositor | |
| David Hansen | .... | CG artist | |
| Mick Harkin | .... | digital compositor | |
| Mark Harmon | .... | digital grading | |
| Jason Hawkins | .... | video operations technician | |
| Jamie Hediger | .... | digital compositor | |
| Alwyn Hunt | .... | texture artist | |
| Michelle Hunt | .... | digital compositor | |
| Bhakar James | .... | senior animator: Animal Logic | |
| Krista Jordan | .... | senior compositor | |
| Angie Lam | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Stefan Litterini | .... | digital artist: Animal Logic | |
| Ineke Majoor | .... | visual effects producer | |
| Keith Meure | .... | rotoscope artist | |
| Kirsty Millar | .... | visual effects supervisor: Animal Logic | |
| Naomi Mitchell | .... | visual effects producer | |
| Nick Monton | .... | digital compositor | |
| Nick Monton | .... | digital intermediate supervisor: Digital Pictures | |
| David Mosqueda | .... | digital compositor | |
| Nick Murphy | .... | video operations technician | |
| Mark Nettleton | .... | senior compositor | |
| Matthew North | .... | digital compositor | |
| Jongsu Oh | .... | digital artist: Animal Logic | |
| Murray Pope | .... | visual effects executive producer | |
| Glen Pratt | .... | digital compositor | |
| Paul Raeburn | .... | digital compositor | |
| Danielle Rubin | .... | visual effects production manager | |
| Evan Shipard | .... | digital matte painter/compositor | |
| Nathan Stone | .... | animator | |
| Robert Sullivan | .... | video operations supervisor: Animal Logic | |
| Paul Taylor | .... | video operations technician | |
| Ian Watson | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Peter Webb | .... | digital compositor | |
| Eddy Wong | .... | visual effects supervisor: Mendfond | |
| Victor Wong | .... | visual effects supervisor: Mendfond | |
| Bryce Brecheisen | .... | visual effects coordinator (uncredited) | |
Stunts | |||
| Xia Bin | .... | stunts | |
| Zhan Bo | .... | stunts | |
| Chuanyong Cheng | .... | stunts | |
| Ou Chengwei | .... | stunts | |
| Shi Feng | .... | stunts | |
| Zhong Feng | .... | stunts | |
| Xiang Gao | .... | stunts (as Gao Xiang) | |
| Fei Goa | .... | stunts | |
| Cao Hua | .... | stunts | |
| Li Lei | .... | stunts | |
| Zhu Shaojie | .... | stunts | |
| Li Wei | .... | stunts | |
| Zheng Xin Xin | .... | stunts | |
| Hu Yan | .... | stunts | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Xiaoyan Bai | .... | still photographer | |
| Guan Fei | .... | camera grip | |
| Xu Tie Gong | .... | electrician | |
| Huangpu Honghao | .... | generator operator | |
| Jianmin Ji | .... | lighting designer | |
| Raymond Lam | .... | Steadicam operator | |
| Raymond Lam | .... | camera operator | |
| Raymond Lam | .... | director of photography: "b" unit | |
| Wang Liam | .... | camera grip | |
| Wang Lihong | .... | gaffer | |
| Sun Xin Shang | .... | electrician | |
| Cao Shuiqiang | .... | electrician | |
| Cao Tongan | .... | electrician | |
| Li Xuebo | .... | electrician | |
| Jiandong Yu | .... | electrician | |
| Huilong Zhu | .... | camera grip | |
| Jin-Di Zhu | .... | assistant camera (as Zhu Jindi) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Bao-Rong Huang | .... | wardrobe supervisor (as Huang Baorong) | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Leo Bahas | .... | negative matcher | |
| Olivier Fontenay | .... | film and digital color grader | |
| Alan Hansen | .... | digital colorist | |
| Bin Li | .... | assistant editor | |
Music Department | |||
| Mark Franken | .... | music editor | |
Other crew | |||
| Xu Aidong | .... | production assistant | |
| Xu Bin | .... | second production assistant | |
| Amealy Go Chan | .... | massage therapist | |
| Cynthia Chang | .... | assistant: Mr. Kaneshiro | |
| John Charles | .... | software engineer: Sony DAC | |
| Siu-Tung Ching | .... | action choreographer | |
| Julian Chiu | .... | second production assistant | |
| Zhao Danian | .... | production assistant | |
| Ni Guanche | .... | second production assistant | |
| Li Haoxue | .... | catering assistant | |
| Zhang Hui | .... | interpreter | |
| Du Jian | .... | second production assistant | |
| Wenrui Jia | .... | caterer | |
| Zheng Jie | .... | dancer | |
| Du Jin | .... | interpreter | |
| Gao Ke | .... | production assistant | |
| Xiaowei Lang | .... | accountant | |
| Cai Li | .... | martial arts coordinator | |
| Qiang Li | .... | choreographer | |
| Mingna Liu | .... | accountant | |
| Maria Lo Orzel | .... | creative consultant | |
| Zheng Lu | .... | dancer | |
| Stanley J. Orzel | .... | creative consultant | |
| Zhang Rui | .... | cashier | |
| Zhao Shufen | .... | accountant | |
| Jianguo Wang | .... | second production assistant | |
| Yabin Wang | .... | dancer | |
| Wu Weifeng | .... | dancer | |
| Yinqian Xiao | .... | production assistant | |
| Xiaoshun Xu | .... | location production assistant | |
| Hong Yan | .... | cashier | |
| Li Yan | .... | assistant: Ms. Zhang | |
| Li Yanlong | .... | catering assistant | |
| Yan Yan | .... | dancer | |
| Alice Yeung | .... | production coordinator | |
| Fan Yexin | .... | catering assistant | |
| Mao Yun | .... | catering assistant | |
| Shi Zeyi | .... | production assistant | |
| Jianmin Zhang | .... | choreographer | |
Thanks | |||
| Philip Lee | .... | special thanks | |
| Anita Mui | .... | dedicatee | |
| Yatming Tang | .... | special thanks (as Tang Yat Ming) | |
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Treading merrily along the path of Hollywoodization (pardon my expression) started in Ying Xiong, director Zhang Yimou turned out another equally meticulously crafted product, Shi Mian Mai Fu, which was showcased to the world in the 2004 Cannes 'out of competition' category.
Meticulously crafted, SMMF starts by giving the audience an exceptional feast of the ear, putting them in a blind person's POV (or maybe I should say POH, 'H' for hearing). The duel of drums scene is brilliant. As if that is not enough, we are treated to another feast of sounds, this time the thundering hoofs and clashing weapon in the pursuit and attack of the blind girl.
Even more meticulously crafted is the color display. A top-notch cinematographer (Yellow Earth (1984)) before a director, Zhang does not appear to be able to tolerate anything that falls short of atheistic perfection. Although not as blatantly as in Ying Xiong, he exhibits here a color display that is equally dazzling. The landscape in the first couple of scenes is in mellowed brown, yellow and pale green. Then come the lush green hills and the dreamy world of the bamboo forest. Towards the end, we have a white birth forest and, for no apparent reason, are given a frame of only two seconds of a fiery stretch of fall colors. In the finale, the ominous dark clouds eventually produce a winter wonderland, to receive profuse splashes of crimson blood.
Crafted sight and sound is great, but over-crafted script and story is where SMMF falls down. In the show that I attended, the audience burst out in a clearly audible expression of mirth where none was intended by the script. I do recognize that this was due in part to the fact that they know Andy Lau too well. But then, some of the things were thrust at the audience so abruptly that I think their reaction is forgivable.
In a nutshell, Flying Dagger is no Crouching Tiger as Zhang Yimou lacks the heart, soul and sensitivity of Ang Lee. I remember watching a TV interview of Zhang a couple of years ago, when he intimated something to the effect that making movie is a market-driven affair and if the (global) market wants it, he'll make it. Well, he is at least honest about the whole thing and he did make Ying Xiong. But I do miss director Zhang's earlier work: Red Sorghum, Raise the Red Lantern, Qiu Ju Goes to Court, Living, Not One Less, My Father and Mother.
One final point of no particular consequence. Shi Mian Mai Fu (literal translation 'Ambushed on Ten Sides') is the best known piece of music for the lute-like pipa. I notice that three or four bars from the piece are featured in the background music, at the point when the blind girl's true identity is revealed.
Thank goodness it didn't get the Golden Globe....would have been SUCH an embarrassment if it did.