Dung che sai duk (1994)

Director:

Kar Wai Wong

Writers:

Louis Cha (novel)
Kar Wai Wong (writer)

Release Date:

18 noviembre 1995 (South Korea)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Plot:

Ou-yang Feng (Leslie Cheung) lives in the middle of a desert, where he acts as a middle man to various swordsmen in ancient China...

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Desert | Cut Off Finger | China | Alienation

Awards:

10 wins & 6 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

WKW's underrated best film

Cast

Brigitte Lin	...	Mu-rong Yin / Mu-rong Yang
Leslie Cheung	...	Ou-yang Feng
Maggie Cheung	...	The Woman
Tony Leung Chiu Wai	...	Blind Swordsman
Jacky Cheung	...	Hung Chi
Tony Leung Ka Fai	...	Huang Yao-shi
Li Bai	...	Hung Chi's Wife
Carina Lau	...	Peach Blossom
Charlie Yeung	...	Young Girl
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Joey Wang	...	(scenes deleted)

También conocida como:

Ashes of Time (Hong Kong: English title)
Dong xie xi du (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Este contraveneno del Oeste (Spain) [es]

Duración:

100 min | 93 min (Redux version)

País:

Hong Kong | China | Taiwan

Idioma:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Singapore:PG | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

China

Company:

Scholar Productions

Trivialidades:

This film had an exhausting effect on Kar Wai Wong. While on hiatus during the editing process he wrote and shot _Chung hing sam lam (1994)_ (Chungking Express) to "clear his head".

Quotes:

Ou-yang Feng: [smiling sarcastically at Hing Chi] Was it worth it to lose a finger for a basket of eggs?

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Tian xia wu shuang (2002)

WKW's underrated best film

The first time I saw this movie. I was REALLY confused. I still loved it though, but after a few viewings of this film I've grown to love it even more. This is undoubtably Wong Kar-wai's best work. Alot of people however hate this, but there is a good few who love this film, so it's a love it or hate it film.

The performances are all good. Leslie Cheung was brilliant as the cynical and bitter Ouyeng Feng. Tony Leung Chiu-wai was also great as The Blind Swordsman. Maggie Cheung's ten minutes torward the end is the most jaw-droppingly beautiful, yet haunting and sad scene ever. It is the best scene ever in a film, the film is worth it for that scene alone. Maggie Cheung is an actress you'll never forget, once you see this movie and the scene that she is in. The best performance is by Bridget Lin as Yin and Yang, who are really one person in one. I REALLY thought those were two different actresses playing those characters, amazing work by her.

The directing and cinematoaghy is off the hook. The images you see on screen are truely amazing and unforgetable. Wong Kar-wai does a brilliant job of putting this film together. This is one of my top ten favorite films.

10/10