Directed by
| Yimou Zhang | ||
Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
| Yu Hua | ... | (novel) (as Hua Yu) |
| Yu Hua | ... | (screenplay) (as Hua Yu) |
| Wei Lu | ... | (screenplay) |
Cast (in credits order)
| You Ge | ... | Xu Fugui | |
| Gong Li | ... | Xu Jiazhen | |
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Ben Niu | ... | Town Chief |
| Wu Jiang | ... | Wan Erxi | |
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Deng Fei | ... | Xu Youqing |
| Tao Guo | ... | Chunsheng | |
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Tianchi Liu | ... | Xu Fengxia, as an adult |
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Zongluo Huang | ... | Fu Gui's Dad |
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Yanjin Liu | ... | Fu Gui's Mom |
| Dahong Ni | ... | Long'er | |
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Lianyi Li | ... | Sgt. Lao Quan (as Lian-Yi Li) |
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Cong Xiao | ... | Xu Fengxia, as a teenager |
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Lu Zhang | ... | Fengxia, as a child |
| Yan Su | |||
Produced by
| Fu-Sheng Chiu | ... | producer |
| Funhong Kow | ... | producer |
| Christophe Tseng | ... | producer |
Music by
| Jiping Zhao | ||
Cinematography by
| Yue Lü | ||
Editing by
| Yuan Du | ||
Art Direction by
| Jiuping Cao | ... | (as Juiping Cao) |
Production Management
| Xiaofeng Hu | ... | production supervisor |
| Wenhua Ma | ... | production manager |
| Barbara Robinson | ... | production supervisor |
| Pingan Wang | ... | production manager |
| Jianmin Zhang | ... | assistant production manager |
| Zhenyan Zhang | ... | production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Bin Wang | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Genlin Ding | ... | props assistant |
| Xinming Huang | ... | assistant art director |
| Xiong Jiang | ... | location manager |
| Liang Li | ... | assistant art director / set assistant |
| Guangming Liu | ... | artist: traditional shadow play props |
| Hua Liu | ... | artist: traditional shadow play props |
| Xingwen Liu | ... | artist: leather lamp shadow play |
| Zhong Liu | ... | assistant art director / set assistant |
| Guangtang Meng | ... | artist: traditional shadow play props |
| Jinglu Pan | ... | artist: traditional shadow play props |
| Zhixiao Qu | ... | artist: traditional shadow play props |
| Yulong Shen | ... | property master |
| Zhuang Tian | ... | assistant art director |
| Pu Wang | ... | property master |
| Zhenzhong Wang | ... | artist: traditional shadow play props |
| Kuanhou Yang | ... | artist: traditional shadow play props |
| Lingen Yuan | ... | property master |
Sound Department
| Tomeno Geya | ... | sound editor |
| Shinichi Ito | ... | sound mixer |
| Koshiro Jinbo | ... | sound mixer |
| Masato Komatsu | ... | sound editor |
| Yoshihiro Nakayama | ... | sound mixer |
| Makoto Ono | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Jing Tao | ... | sound |
| Hiroshi Yamagata | ... | re-recording mixer |
Visual Effects by
| Tôru Adachi | ... | visual effects supervisor (as Malin Post) |
| Komei Moriyama | ... | visual effects |
| Sachiyo Ogawa | ... | visual effects |
| Tetsuo Ôya | ... | visual effects (as Tetsuo Ohya) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Tianming Chen | ... | gaffer |
| Changyou Han | ... | assistant lighting |
| Huiliang Jin | ... | assistant lighting |
| Ali Li | ... | assistant camera |
| Linfa Li | ... | assistant lighting |
| Changtai Liu | ... | key grip |
| Yun Lu | ... | assistant lighting |
| Weibing Meng | ... | chief cameraman |
| Hong Qi | ... | assistant camera |
| Yinfang Shen | ... | gaffer |
| Tong Wang | ... | assistant camera |
| Weimin Yu | ... | assistant camera |
| Li Zhang | ... | assistant camera |
Editorial Department
| Nobutake Kamiya | ... | negative editor |
| Atsushi Nakagawa | ... | negative editor |
| Masami Ohashi | ... | negative editor |
Script and Continuity Department
| Bin Wang | ... | script editor |
Additional Crew
| Ryuji Kobi | ... | film development |
| Chung-Chu Leung | ... | production advisor: Hong Kong |
| Yukihiro Matsushita | ... | film development |
| Joyce Pierpoline | ... | publicist |
| Eiichi Takahashi | ... | film development |
| Issoh Uzaki | ... | film development (as Yicong Wu) |
