hkDVD DVDinfo - ashes of time (oop) dvd - director wong kar-wai, script by wong kar-wai,action directors,sammo hung kam bo,siu tak foo, producers shu kei,catherine chan si kan, cast: brigitt

Ashes of Time (OOP Dung Che Sai Duk)

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Disc/Technical Information

Publisher: MeiAh
Audio: Cantonese/Mandarin (Dolby Digital)
Video: LetterBox
Subtitles:Chinese/English (embedded)
Running Time: 99mins
Release Year: 1994
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(Synopsis) Confusing storyline at first. But all the pieces will fit together at the end. Love the music! Makes you want to see more ... highly recommended!

Shot in Mainland China, this perversely lavish, self-consciously new wave martial arts film...is a languorous, sultry, sensuous action reverie. Accompanied by wailing flutes or solo electric guitar, it's set in a desert wilderness populated by a gang of angst ridden, lovelorn swordsmen-for-hire. One is going blind, another turning amnesiac, the rest are haunted by their various memories. The names Kurosawa and Leone come tripping to the tongue in attempting to describe this brooding melange of extreme tilts and outlandish angles...Ashes of Time is mostly anticipation with sudden inexplicable episodes of slo-mo zap blurs of martial art tumult, as well as mystically congruent earthquakes and geysers. Just as the flickering network of shadows efface the identities of Wong's swordsmen and women, the complicated plot is nearly overpowered by the film's anticipatory buildup, convoluted flashbacks, and cathedral lighting.

Director
Wong Kar-Wai

Script
Wong Kar-Wai

Action Directors
Sammo Hung Kam Bo
Siu Tak Foo

Producers
Shu Kei
Catherine Chan Si Kan

Cast
Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia
Carina Lau Ka-Ling
Charlie Yeung Choi-Nei
Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau
Lau Shun (cameo)
Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing
Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk
Ngai Sing
Pak Lai
Siu Tak Foo
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
Tony Leung Ka-Fai

Publisher: MeiAh
Audio: Cantonese/Mandarin (Dolby Digital)
Video: LetterBox
Subtitles:Chinese/English (embedded)
Running Time: 99mins
Release Year: 1994