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A Terra-Cotta Warrior

1989

Siu-Tung Ching

1989·Hong KongHong Kong
Award tierBronze

China 2.200 years ago. It's the time of the Qin dynasty. The emperor seeks immortality by busily letting his alchemists search for a formula and building the famous terracotta army from the bodies of outlaws and the condemned. This is the time Mong Tiang Fong and court lady Twon fall deeply in love. Such a thing is not tolerated at the court and when their relationship is discovered both are sentenced to death. In the meantime the alchemists have discovered the formula of immortality, but decide to destroy their work. However Twon gets possession of one immortality pill which she manages to give to Tiang Fong before he's made a terracotta warrior too. China 1930. While on location a film crew discovers parts of the grave of emperor Qin guarded by the terracotta warriors. Tiang Fong, being immortal, awakes...

Cast

Gong Li·Yimou Zhang·Tian-Ming Wu·Rongguang Yu

Producers

Hou Pou Chu·Mu Chu·Hark Tsui

Languages

ChinaMandarinHong KongCantonese

Major Awards

0 wins · 2 nominations

Nominations (2)

Best Picture

Hong Kong Film Awards (1991)

Best Film Editing

Marco Mak
Hong Kong Film Awards (1991)

Best Picture