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Curse of the Golden Flower
滿城盡帶黃金甲
張藝謀作品
周潤發 鞏 俐 周杰倫
領銜主演
《滿城盡帶黃金甲》是張藝謀導演繼《英雄》、《十面埋伏》後更上一層樓的古裝鉅製。影片被譽為中國史上投資最大的電影，劇本籌備歷時三年時間，製作費高達3.6億元，服裝、場景甚至道具皆一絲不苟，氣勢磅礡。影片台前幕後集合兩岸三地最頂尖陣容，包括金像獎最佳美術指導奚仲文負責服裝設計，荷里活動作導演程小東，難得的是周潤發、鞏俐首度攜手合作，周杰倫首次「披甲」古裝上陣，絕對是萬眾期待的「黃金級」製作！
故事梗概
王后（鞏俐飾）與大王子元祥（劉燁飾）的不倫之戀已經走到盡頭，元祥在惶恐中轉而垂青女官小嬋（李曼飾），亦急於與她離開王宮，王后怎肯甘心？征戰歸來的大王（周潤發飾）對一切似乎洞若觀火，但聲稱要過一個團圓太平的重陽節，他召回流放在外的二王子元杰（周杰倫飾），並且格外關心王后的病情，令她按時服藥……
流光溢彩的宮廷中，每個人都藏有天大的秘密，每個人都有致命的軟肋。王后與大王無聲地較量著。小嬋之母蔣氏（陳謹飾）入宮，觸發驚人秘密；耿直勇猛的二王子元杰，究竟會?誰效力？乖巧可愛的小王子元成（秦俊杰飾），又豈能置身事外……重陽之夜，遍地菊花，滿宮金甲，血流成河，情感、欲望與法則之間，何嘗有最後的勝者？
導演的話
《滿城盡帶黃金甲》故事背景是一千多年前的唐朝末年。唐朝是中國歷史上其中一個最華麗的朝代，可算是極盡奢華。中國古語有云：「金玉其外，敗絮其中。」意思是說：外表美麗，內裡腐朽。《滿城盡帶黃金甲》就是以這個主題為中心，表達華麗的包裝底下，宮廷內裡的腐朽。其實它是一個很黑色的中國宮廷故事，你亦可以把它看作是一個過去傳統封建家庭的故事，像一個大家族，華麗背後藏著無限不可告人的秘密。
佈景是這部戲最重要的元素之一。我們用「豪華」這兩個字來做佈景的主要方向。為了體現這種豪華，所有服飾和佈景都金光閃閃，就連光線亦非常講究。另外，這次我們特別選用了琉璃這種物料。在透明度上琉璃就是比玻璃還要高，琉璃這種東西中國人形容為「流光異彩，體現高貴、豪華和美麗」，在燈光映照下，更見色彩斑斕。所以我們這次在佈景上便特別著重琉璃能綻放異彩的特點。你會看到柱子、牆、窗等全部均用上很多琉璃的裝飾。
造型設計方面，我們特別強化了服裝的中國特色。奚仲文是很好的美術師，他做了大量的資料搜集，在服裝之中突出了金色，把金色這個主題發揮得淋漓盡致。其實在銀幕上，觀眾大概只能看到最外面的一層衣服或者一些領口，但其實每個演員身上都穿四至六層戲服，雖然都蓋在裡面，但每一層都繡滿了花，做得非常精細、非常漂亮。特別是龍袍和鳳袍，全由18K金物料製成，動用了四十多人，全人手，花上兩個月時間才做好一件。當我看見演員穿上這些戲服時，也不禁驚訝每一件衣服真的做得非常精緻。
《滿城盡帶黃金甲》是我第三部執導的動作電影。我深信故事永遠是第一位的，因為故事帶動動作，動作只是一個刻劃人物的手段。我們通常都不只是想動作，因為那些動作一般都是在選擇、對抗、矛盾這些問題上出現，所以不同的人物關係，不同的故事方向，就可以賦予不同的動作處理。
我跟程小東合作過好幾部戲，基本上我們兩個都很有默契，他知道我想要甚麼，我也知道他的能力去到哪裡。電影末段，成千上萬穿上黃金甲的士兵攻擊皇宮一幕更突顯了他在動作設計上的過人之處。我自己覺得這場戲挺有意思的，因為好像是他們全體在一起解開一個大包袱，很典型的表達了這個家庭的過去和現在，人與人之間那種很複雜的情感關係，每個人都像我們一樣，家裡有一點事情，有一些秘密，只是這個家庭的秘密特別多。我覺得《滿城盡帶黃金甲》的核心，就是這個家庭裡獨特的人物關係。
《滿城盡帶黃金甲》佈景篇
大唐盛世 盡現眼前
《滿城盡帶黃金甲》全片主要於北京、橫店及天坑三個地方拍攝，劇組實景搭建更在橫店影視城內重建了一個一比一原大的故宮，將整個唐代皇朝重現眼前。宮內金碧輝煌，所有佈置包括門、窗和六百條柱全部都雕刻了菊花圖案並且被漆上了金黃色，加上本身能綻放異彩的琉璃裝飾，在燈光映照下，變得金光燦爛、五光十色。而整個皇宮的地面亦鋪了質料上佳而且特別訂製的絲絨地氈，總長度長達一千米。雖然地氈只有一面向天，但仍兩面繡花，可謂完美無瑕，極具皇室氣派。整個「皇宮重建」過程共動用了接近三百個工人，五個月來日以繼夜趕工而成，與興建一個真正的皇宮所花費的人力物力不相上下。
《黃金甲》籌備認真，製作嚴謹。導演對宮內宮外的每一個細節都一絲不苟。宮內處處貼金，宮外一樣極盡奢華。整個皇宮的外牆一樣雕滿了菊花圖案，總長度超過六百米，儼如一幅巨型菊花壁畫。而單是宮門至菊花台大殿的露天長廊上，亦鋪了超逾五百米與宮內一樣的絲絨地氈。沿途更擺放了超過六百盞各式各樣、晶瑩剔透的宮燈。每盞宮燈上的每一個圖案都是由工人親手雕琢而成。另外，為配合《黃金甲》的氣勢磅礡，劇組更特別訂製了超過三百萬朵菊花，遍佈超過十三萬平方尺（約25個足球場）的宮庭地，將整個皇宮變成金黃色的花海，可謂鋪天蓋地，誓要重現唐朝盛世。
《滿城盡帶黃金甲》戲服篇
龍袍鳳袍各值逾百萬
拍攝場景富麗堂皇、極具貴氣之餘，演員的戲服同樣金光奪目。《黃金甲》中的服飾全由服裝設計大師奚仲文精心設計及選料，將唐朝的瑰麗服飾原原本本還原於觀眾眼前。劇組為《黃金甲》特製了共三千多套戲服，總值超過一千萬，而戲中主要演員的服飾更盡顯皇室氣派，當中最豪氣的自必然是飾演大王的發哥。
劇組為飾演大王的發哥特別度身訂造了七套不同的服飾，其中以「龍袍」及「黃金甲」最有睇頭。「龍袍」由超過八十名工人用上一個多月時間連夜趕工縫製而成，刺繡工人一針一線親手在龍袍上繡上龍圖，而且釘滿了18K金片，全套服飾均以金線縫合，單單是這件「龍袍」已經價值一百二十五萬。整套龍袍約重八十磅，相等於半個成年男人的體重，所以要穿得起這樣的「龍袍」實非發哥莫屬。
而全片的焦點「黃金甲」當然亦不遑多讓，整套黃金盔甲均以金屬鍍金製成，連頭盔約共重一百磅，比龍袍還要重。所以每天開工前，發哥均須預早兩三個小時到達拍攝現場，讓七八個工作人員為他穿上衣服，整理儀容，絕對與真正的皇帝一樣。
由於龍袍價值不菲，所以每天拍攝完畢後，工作人員定必小心翼翼將龍袍放回特製的保險箱內，並由專人輪流看管，直至第二天再開工時才於大夾萬內取出。亦由於龍袍本身不能被皺摺起來，所以劇組亦為此特別訂製了一個七呎高的夾萬，亦足見其非同凡響。
讓鞏俐做真皇后的鳳袍
發哥的龍袍全用18K金物料製成，價值一百廿五萬，鞏俐的鳳袍亦不遑多讓。全套鳳袍同樣用上18K金物料，一針一線全人手縫製，並由刺繡工人兩個月日以繼夜繡上鳳圖。鳳袍更與龍袍一樣重約80磅，每次均要數個人把鳳袍抬起才能讓鞏俐穿上，而且鳳冠比起皇冠還要重。
雖然如此，愛美始終是女人的天性，鞏俐直言：「鳳袍很重，跟發哥的龍袍一樣重，穿上它很吃力，而且每套戲服下還要穿上五六層衣服，每層都繡滿了花。鳳冠的重量更令我的脖子很酸痛，但它實在太美，實在無法抗拒。這些造型真的很美，第一次看到令我很驚訝！我之前從未試過在一套電影裡面有這麼多不同的造型，而且每一個都是這麼美。所有的髮型、化妝和服飾都很特別，你穿上了這些服裝，自己照鏡的時候，你就覺得自己真的是一個皇后，是一個很大的人物。」相信單看戲中兩人的服飾已美不勝收。
除了鳳袍，鞏俐於戲中的其他造型亦非常性感冶艷。每套服裝不但凸顯了她的雍容華貴，更將她優美動人的身段展露無遺。但美麗性感背後，工作人員和演員均下了不少苦工。服裝設計奚仲文說：「其實王后的服飾，最主要是參考唐朝的壁畫而設計的，但導演說想有一些改變。所以我們便決定參照那些法國的宮廷片，設計得大膽一點，像那些皇后和宮女都穿得很性感的。」
奚仲文更透露：「其實我知道鞏俐起初很不習慣，始終真的是很性感而且她的戲服亦真的非常重。令我很意外的是，那天她第一次穿上80磅的鳳袍，滿面汗珠，助手在旁不斷替她印汗，但一埋位開始拍攝，她便立即將所有不自在和辛苦的表情全部拋掉，你看著她鏡頭前後簡直是兩個人。戲裡她好像沒有甚麼，很輕鬆，很自然，但其實單單是穿上戲服的過程已令她滿頭大汗，就連發哥也曾在片場裡大喊：『這是給人穿的衣服嗎？！』那一刻，我覺得她真的很厲害。」
台前幕後黃金榜
張藝謀 (導演)
張藝謀自初次執導之《紅高粱》榮獲柏林國際影展金熊獎後，聲名大噪，至今仍是中國影壇最有才華和最具影響力的第五代導演之一。張藝謀亦是優秀的演員和攝影師，曾參演《紅高粱》，更憑《老井》(1986)勇奪東京國際電影節最佳男主角；又曾擔任《黃土地》(1984)、《老井》(1986)、《大閱兵》(1986)三片之攝影指導。
張藝謀憑九零年《菊豆》、九一年《大紅燈籠高高掛》及零三年《英雄》三度被提名奧斯卡最佳外語片，是首位獲奧斯卡評審青睞的華裔導演。張藝謀更囊括多項國際重要殊榮，包括：《大紅燈籠高高掛》(1991)及《秋菊打官司》(1992)分別奪得第44及45屆威尼斯影展銀獅獎及金獅獎；《活著》(1994)則奪第47屆康城影展評判團大獎；《一個都不能少》(1999)再度贏得第52屆威尼斯影展金獅獎；《我的父親母親》(1999)則是柏林影展銀熊獎得主；《英雄》(2003)奪得柏林影展的藝術貢獻成就獎。《十面埋伏》(2004)囊括了多個國際獎項，及英國電影金像獎和金球獎的最佳外語片提名。
張藝謀今年年底將於紐約導演歌劇《秦始皇》，更會為2008北京奧運的開幕及閉幕典禮執導演筒。
電影作品︰
滿城盡帶黃金甲 (2006)
千里走單騎 (2005)
十面埋伏 (2004)
英雄 (2003)
幸福時光 (2000)
我的父親母親 (1999)
一個都不能少 (1999)
有話好好說 (1997)
搖啊搖，搖到外婆橋 (1995)
活著 (1994)
秋菊打官司 (1992)
大紅燈籠高高掛 (1992)
菊豆 (1990)
代號美洲豹 (1989)
紅高粱 (1987)
周潤發 (大王)
周潤發在70年代後期通過無綫電視台的藝員訓練班進入電視圈，短時間內便獲得賞識，得到演出無綫當年的重頭劇《上海灘》的機會，從而奠定了他無綫頭號小生的地位。之後，他又在《狂潮》、《網中人》、《火鳳凰》和《笑傲江湖》等作品中一路拼殺，終使觀眾認定他英俊瀟灑的個人風格。
1987年，吳宇森執導《英雄本色》，首開英雄片潮流。周潤發扮演的Mark哥重情重義又玩世不恭，令他一夜間再度成為大眾偶像。接下來的《英雄本色2》、《喋血雙雄》、《賭神》和《監獄風雲》系列則直接將他推上票房冠軍寶座。地位穩固後，周潤發又開始在演藝上進行更多嘗試，幾乎涉足所有香港電影類型，演技得到了充分的發揮和證明，尤其是《阿郎的故事》中的阿郎，絕對是香港90年代最令人難忘的角色之一。周潤發先後七次贏得影帝稱號，為香港男演員之最。
1995年，周潤發又毅然衝出香港，到荷里活尋求發展，一如他當年離開電視台。出於對他在整個亞洲地區影響力的考慮，荷里活對這位 "新人" 也照顧有加，短短數年，便有《血仍未冷》、《再戰邊緣》和《國王與我》相繼面世。於2000年，周潤發更獲同樣在荷里活打天下的李安邀請，在《臥虎藏龍》中出演李慕白，把一個「人在江湖、身不由己」的義俠形象塑造得令人心動。尤其是李慕白中了碧眼玉狐的毒針後，倒在師妹俞秀蓮懷中的一場戲，周潤發以精湛的演技令人折服地詮釋了這位重情重義的俠士以生命為代價向心愛的人乃至整個世界所付出的正義與關愛，催人淚下，令人沉思。
電影作品：
赤壁 (2008)
加勒比海盜：魔盜王終極之戰 (2007)
苦海 (2007)
滿城盡帶黃金甲 (2006)
姨媽的後現代生活 (2006)
防彈武僧 (2003)
臥虎藏龍 (2000)
安娜與國王 (1999)
玫瑰的故事 (千禧版) (1999)
再戰邊緣 (1999)
血仍未冷 (1998)
和平飯店 (1995)
花旗少林 (1994)
賭神 II (1994)
辣手神探 (1992)
俠盜高飛 (1992)
我愛扭紋柴 (1992)
監獄風雲II：逃犯 (1991)
縱橫四海 (1991)
吉星拱照 (1990)
阿郎的故事 (1989)
英雄本色 III：夕陽之歌 (1989)
喋血雙雄 (1989)
賭神 (1989)
伴我闖天涯 (1989)
英雄本色 II (1988)
老虎出更 (1988)
精裝追女仔 II (1988)
義?紅唇 (1988)
我在黑社會的日子 (1988)
公子多情 (1988)
大丈夫日記 (1988)
長短腳之戀 (1988)
八星報喜 (1988)
再見英雄 (1988)
英雄好漢 (1987)
龍虎風雲 (1987)
精裝追女仔 (1987)
郁達夫傳奇 (1987)
義本無言 (1987)
監獄風雲 (1987)
小生夢驚魂 (1987)
江湖情 (1987)
江湖龍虎斗 (1987)
鬼新娘 (1987)
秋天的童話 (1987)
原振俠與衛斯理 (1986)
英雄本色 (1986)
義蓋雲天 (1986)
殺妻二人組 (1986)
地下情 (1986)
奇緣 (1986)
癲佬正傳 (1986)
你情我願 (1986)
夢中人 (1986)
玫瑰的故事 (1986)
何必有我 (1985)
大香港 (1985)
新?師兄續集 (1985)
初一十五 (1985)
女人心 (1985)
靈氣逼人 (1984)
笑傲江湖 (1984)
等待黎明 (1984)
傾城之戀 (1984)
北斗雙雄 (1983)
天降財神 (1983)
血汗金錢 (1983)
花城 (1983)
上海灘續集 (1983)
上海灘 (1983)
蘇乞兒 (1982)
孤城客 (1982)
獵頭 (1982)
執法者 (1981)
灰靈 (1981)
胡越的故事 (1981)
巡城馬 (1981)
火鳳凰 (1981)
千王群英會 (1981)
扮懵 (1980)
係咁先 (1980)
扮? (1980)
衝擊 (1980)
親情 (1980)
上海灘 (1980)
師爸 (1980)
愛欲狂潮 (1978)
O女 (1978)
家變 (1977)
入冊 (1977)
床上的故事 (1977)
撈家邪牌姑爺仔 (1976)
新蘇小妹三難新郎 (1976)
狂潮 (1976)
投胎人 (1976) 池女 (1976)
鞏 俐 (王后)
鞏俐現在是國際知名的女星，而《藝伎回憶錄》是她第一部的荷里活作品。 鞏俐自從以《紅高梁》一片踏入影壇後便以她精湛的演技風靡全球影迷，《紅高梁》曾於1987年贏得柏林影展金熊獎。在此之後，她再和張藝謀合作了共六部作品，當中包括《菊豆》、《大紅燈籠高高掛》（這是首部能入圍奧斯卡獎最佳外語片的內地電影）、《秋菊打官司》、《活著》以及《搖啊搖，搖到外婆橋》。當中，《秋菊打官司》更讓鞏俐榮獲威尼斯影展及大陸金雞獎最佳女主角獎。 除了與張藝謀是老拍擋外，鞏俐亦曾和陳凱歌導演合作三部作品：《霸王別姬》，《風月》及《荊軻刺秦王》。《霸王別姬》更曾入圍奧斯卡最佳外語片，並贏得康城影展金棕櫚大獎以及金球獎和英國金像獎最佳外語片獎。
另外，這位國際級影后曾分別於1999年和2002年擔綱主演由內地導演孫周執導的《漂亮媽媽》及《周漁的火車》並憑前者獲得金雞獎最佳女主角獎。 鞏俐也曾和香港出身的國際知名大導王家衛合作過《2046》及《愛神》。而她第二部參演的荷里活電影則是近期風靡全球、由米高曼執導的《邁阿密風雲》，戲中鞏俐與男主角哥連費路有不少對手戲，而鞏俐的演出亦獲荷里活影評人高度評價。
鞏俐稍後將會開始參與《沉默的羔羊前傳》的拍攝工作。
電影作品：
Hannibal Rising (2007)
滿城盡帶黃金甲 (2006)
邁阿密風暴 (2006)
藝妓回憶錄 (2005)
愛神 (2004)
2046 (2004)
周漁的火車 (2002)
漂亮媽媽 (2000)
荊軻刺秦王 (1999)
中國盒 (1997)
風月 (1996)
搖啊搖，搖到外婆橋 (1995)
活著 (1994)
新天龍八部之天山童姥 (1994)
西楚霸王 (1994)
畫魂 (1994)
霸王別姬 (1993)
唐伯虎點秋香 (1993)
秋菊打官司 (1992)
夢醒時分 (1992)
大紅燈籠高高掛 (1991)
豪門夜宴 (1991)
賭俠 II：上海灘賭聖 (1991)
菊豆 (1990)
秦俑 (1989)
代號美洲豹 (1989)
一代妖後 (1988)
紅高粱 (1987)
周杰倫 (杰王子)
1979年生於台灣的亞洲小天王周杰倫4歲時開始學習鋼琴。在周媽媽的鼓勵和支持下，周杰倫的音樂天份得以充分發揮，除了學習鋼琴外，周杰倫更能奏大提琴。98年，周杰倫與朋友一同參加一個電視節目的才藝比賽，為友人作鋼琴伴奏而獲現時的經理人公司賞識，正式開展了他的演藝生涯。
2000年，周杰倫推出他的首張個人大碟，並將他的音樂才華完完全全展現出來，令他迅即成為樂壇的一顆新彗星。他的歌曲有獨特的個人風格，而他亦擅長將中西音樂元素合璧。他優美的聲線加上出眾的曲風令他的第二張及其後五張專輯都高踞音樂榜榜首多時，亦標誌著他在全亞洲的新一代小天王地位。過去五年，他更是全球最受歡迎的國語歌手，巡迴演出足跡遍佈亞洲及北美等地，人氣爆燈。
周杰倫第一部參與演出的電影是由香港名導劉偉強執導的《頭文字D》，戲中演出入形入格，獲多方讚賞。今次參與國際巨片《滿城盡帶黃金甲》相信會將他的演藝事業推向另一新高峰。
電影作品：
滿城盡帶黃金甲 (2006)
頭文字D (2005)
劉 燁 (祥王子)
中央戲劇學院表演系畢業，現為中國青年藝術劇院演員及中國電影家協會會員。 劉燁的演戲天份高，演出角色多樣化，包括令他一鳴驚人的電影《藍宇》，片中他飾演一名同性戀者，與胡軍同有精湛的演出，憑此片贏得台灣金馬獎最佳男主角，該電影由關錦鵬執導，並獲邀2000年康城影展參展。劉燁在另一部鄉土電影《那山、那人、那狗》，展露其獨特的演技，超越以往國內演員在電影中的表現。導演戴思杰對劉燁在《那山、那人、那狗》中的演出甚為欣賞並主動接觸他，請他跟周迅合演自己的新作《小裁縫》。
其餘作品包括跟章子怡合演的《紫蝴蝶》、《茉莉花開》，跟舒淇合作的《美人草》還有陳凱歌導演的《無極》、恐怖片《疑神疑鬼》等等。
李 曼 (蔣嬋)
李曼生於1988年，現年十八歲。李曼於瀋陽音樂學院學習民族舞達六年之久。十七歲那年，李曼正於北京著名的中央戲劇學院攻讀戲劇時獲張藝謀導演發掘，選中她成為《滿成盡帶黃金甲》的其中一位演員。李曼於戲中飾演一位專責為王后鞏俐送藥的醫女。
由於李曼的外表與神態與現時均已成為國際級影星的鞏俐和章子怡十分相近，加上她亦是由張藝謀提拔出來的，因此香港和內地傳媒均稱她為新一任的「謀女郎」，由電影開拍至今，李曼的一舉一動都備受傳媒關注。
倪大紅 (蔣太醫)
1986年畢業於中央戲劇學院的倪大紅是內地一名極資深且著名的舞台劇、電視及電影演員。他亦是中國國家話劇院的駐院台柱，更曾於1999年及2000年分別獲得文化大獎及內地舞台表演最高榮譽的Plum Blossom Award。無論是東方或是西方的劇目倪大紅都參演過。
電影方面，他則已是第二次跟張藝謀合作，他們第一次合作的作品是1994年的《活著》，此片於第四十七屆康城影展獲選為最佳電影大獎。而另一部倪大紅有參演過的作品則是《西夏王朝》（Western Xia Empire），此片亦於瑞士舉行的第五十屆洛迦諾國際電影節的最佳電影。
陳 謹 (蔣氏)
陳謹是山東藝術學院的畢業生，八十年代後期曾為中國內地無數舞台劇、電視節目和電影擔任女主角，演技純熟而出眾，可算是內地其中一個不可多得的演員。陳謹亦一直得到不少內地文化團體的支持，獲得不少獎項，絕對是對她演技的認同。陳謹下一部將會參演的電影名為《Luck of Love》。
秦俊杰 (成王子)
1991年出生的秦俊杰現就讀於內地的福建中學，《滿城盡帶黃金甲》是他第一部參與演出的電影。
江志強 (監製)
江曾監製作品包括：勇奪東京國際電影節最佳電影、最佳導演，嚴浩執導之《天國逆子》(1994) ，以及橫掃奧斯卡多個獎項之武俠巨構《臥虎藏龍》(2000)。《臥虎藏龍》不僅是二零零零年最賣座電影之一，更成為美國電影史上最受歡迎的外語電影，帶來一億三千萬美元的驚人票房紀錄，贏得四項奧斯卡大獎，包括最佳外語片、最佳美術指導、最佳攝影及最佳電影配樂，以及金球獎最佳外語片及最佳導演。他監製之作品還有田壯壯重拍之經典電影《小城之春》、孫周導演的《周漁的火車》、郭在容導演的《野蠻師姐》及張藝謀前作《英雄》及《十面埋伏》。
電影作品：
Blood: The Last Vampire (2007)
色，戒 (2007)
滿城盡帶黃金甲 (2006)
霍元甲 (2006)
千里走單騎 (2005)
十面埋伏 (2004)
野蠻師姐 (2004)
周漁的火車 (2003)
英雄 (2002)
小城之春 (2002)
臥虎藏龍 (2000)
天國逆子(1994)
程小東 (動作導演)
香港首屈一指的動作導演。曾與香港最優秀的電影演員合作，包括：成龍主演的《城巿獵人》 (1992)、 周潤發的《奇緣》(1985)及《英雄本色II》(1987)、楊紫瓊《七金剛》(1994)。程小東憑九二年《新龍門客棧》勇奪台灣金馬獎最佳動作，又以《奇緣》(1987)、《笑傲江湖》(1990)及《英雄》(2002)三度贏得香港電影金像獎最佳動作指導。其執導的《倩女幽魂》亦於八十年代末掀起了中國驚慄電影的熱潮，以及為他贏取Fantafestival 最佳國際電影及導演獎項。2001年，他更為李連杰和米路吉遜合作的電視劇 "Invincible"，以及周星馳主演的《少林足球》兩片擔任動作指導，而《少》片更橫掃各大電影獎項。
電影作品：
Dororo (2007)
In the Name of the King (2007)
滿城盡帶黃金甲 (2006)
Krrish (2006) 十面埋伏 (2004)
Belly of the Beast (2003)
英雄 (2003)
赤裸特工 (2002)
少林足球 (2001)
決戰紫禁之巔 (2000) 碧血藍天 (1998)
阿金 (1996)
賭神 III之少年賭神 (1996)
冒險王 (1996)
西遊記第101回之月光寶盒 (1995)
西遊記大結局之仙履奇緣 (1995)
神經刀與飛天貓 (1993)
武俠七公主 (1993)
審死官 (1992)
東方三俠 (1992)
笑傲江湖 II：東方不敗 (1992)
新龍門客棧 (1992)
笑傲江湖 (1990)
喋血雙雄 (1989)
鐵甲無敵瑪莉亞 (1988)
倩女幽魂 (1987)
星際鈍胎 (1983)
生死決 (1982)
第一類型危險 (1980)
名劍 (1980)
奚仲文 (人物造型、服裝設計)
八二年入行﹐為超過四十部電影當過美術指導﹐風格予人洒脫飄逸的感覺。其中《倩女幽魂》、《九一神鵰俠侶》和《甜蜜蜜》令他榮獲香港電影金像獎最佳美術指導。近年嘗試擔任導演，好評如潮，作品包括《安娜瑪德蓮娜》和《小親親》，與他的美術風格一樣，時而現實﹐時而幻想﹐予人疑幻似真的感覺。
電影作品：
The Secret of the Magic Gourd (2006)
滿城盡帶黃金甲 (2006)
小親親 (2000)
心動 (1999)
安娜瑪德蓮娜 (1998)
自梳 (1997)
賭神 III之少年賭神 (1996)
浮生 (1996)
金枝玉葉 II (1996)
甜蜜蜜 (1996)
烈火戰車 (1995)
新不了情 (1994)
鹿鼎記 II之神龍教 (1992)
豪門夜宴 (1991)
極道追蹤 (1991)
客途秋恨 (1990)
秦俑 (1989)
倩女幽魂 (1987)
趙小丁 (攝影)
1987年畢業於北京電影學院攝影系。趙小丁屬國內多產的攝影師，每年都有作品上映，包括《花季雨季》、《開往春天的地鐵》。
趙小丁2001年開始與張藝謀導演合作，在《英雄》一片擔任攝影師，兩人在《十面埋伏》再度合作。趙小丁憑《十面埋伏》首次獲得奧斯卡金像獎最佳攝影的提名及多個國際獎項。
除了拍攝電影之外，趙小丁亦參與多套廣告的攝影工作，當中更包括北京申辦奧運、上海申辦世界博覽會、北京2008奧運會會徽發佈等政府宣傳片。
電影作品：
滿城盡帶黃金甲 (2006)
千里走單騎 (2005)
十面埋伏(2004)
英雄 (2003)
開往春天的地鐵 (2001)
花季雨季 (1999)
太后吉祥 (1998)
愛情傻瓜 (1997)
一家兩制 (1996)
編外丈夫 (1995)
臨時爸爸 (1994)
離婚大戰 (1993)
警網梟雄 (1992)
烈火恩怨 (1991)
惡狼與天使 (1990)
山魂霹靂 (1987)
陶經 (錄音)
畢業於北京電影學院錄音系，首次參與音響工作的電影《孩子王》已獲提名中國電影金雞獎最佳錄音，及後參與國內首部立體聲恐怖片《黑樓孤魂》。陶經與國內兩大導演陳凱歌及張藝謀兩位合作無間，並憑陳執導的《荊軻刺秦王》及張的《英雄》兩獲中國電影金雞獎最佳錄音獎。國際獎項方面，陶經以《搖呀搖，搖到外婆橋》獲美國電影金盤獎聲音設計獎及康城電影節最高技術獎及以《十面埋伏》獲得英國金像獎的提名。
2002年起聘任為北京電影學院研究生部客座教授。
電影作品：
滿城盡帶黃金甲 (2006)
千里走單騎 (2005)
十面埋伏(2004)
英雄 (2003)
美麗上海(2003)
荊軻刺秦王(1998)
有話好好說(1996)
搖呀搖，搖到外婆橋(1995)
活著(1994)
霸王別姬(1993)
北京你早(1992)
邊走邊唱(1991)
哦，香雪(1990)
黑樓孤魂(1989)
孩子王(1987)
霍廷霄 (美術)
九一年應邀擔任著名第五代導演陳凱歌的《邊走邊唱》(1991)的美術指導。霍廷霄自此前途一片光明，接二連三與大導演攜手合作。先憑何平執導的《炮打雙燈》(1993)榮獲中國電影金雞獎最佳美術，其後與陳凱歌導演緊密合作，擔任奧斯卡提名電影《霸王別姬》(1993)及《荊軻刺秦王》(1998)美術一職，更以《荊》片獲法國康城影展技術大獎(美術指導)。霍氏與張藝謀於《英雄》首度合作，更憑該片囊括香港電影金像獎最佳美術指導獎及中國電影金雞獎最佳美術大獎。
電影作品：
滿城盡帶黃金甲 (2006)
十面埋伏(2004)
英雄 (2003)
王斌 (文學策劃)
籍貫山東，生於福建福州。
中學畢業後即應徵入伍，隨後在軍隊從事偵察員的職業達五年之久，退役後先後多次更換工作，幹過洗染工、無綫電裝配工、圖書館員、文學研究人員、記者、編輯，接下來便成?中國文化人中最早的一批以賣文?生的自由職業者。80年代始開始從事文學創作，發表文學作品百萬字。
王斌於一次《菊豆》的電影討論會中初遇該片導演張藝謀，兩人的緊密合作隨即展開。自《活著》一片後，王斌便一直成為張藝謀執導電影的文學策劃，更參與《英雄》及《十面埋伏》的編劇工作。除與張藝謀合作外，王斌亦有參與其他導演的電影，有呂樂的《趙先生》、王小帥的《夢幻田園》、孫周的《漂亮媽媽》，以及電視劇《將愛情進行到底》及《朋友》。
電影作品：
十面埋伏(2004)
英雄(2003)
夢幻田園 (2000)
漂亮媽媽 (1999)
趙先生(1998)
梅林茂 (原創音樂及製作)
亞洲影壇知名配樂工作者。日本殿堂級搖滾樂隊EX之成員，曾為Eric Clapton日本巡迴演唱會擔任嘉賓。1985年樂隊解散後，梅林茂開始投身電影配樂的工作，同年為電影Sorekara及Tomoyo Shizukani Nemure所創作的曲目於國內多個電影節獲獎。十多年來，梅林茂負責配樂的港日電影超逾三十部，包括森田芳光的《其後》、王家衛的《花樣年華》、黎妙雪的《戀之風景》及張之亮的《慌心假期》，並憑《慌》片獲台灣金馬獎最佳原創音樂。
程瓏 (剪輯)
程瓏畢業於上海科技大學的"電視技術"專業。在電視台任工程師期間對影像發生興趣，遂到美國費城天普大學修讀電影製作藝術碩士課程。在學期間的音樂錄像作品《Capriccio》獲艾美獎學生組冠軍及全美大學電視作品比賽(音樂及實驗類)獎項。畢業後曾在美國廣播公司等機構工作，97年回國發展，翌年憑《紅色戀人》獲金雞獎最佳剪輯獎。2004年，程瓏參與《十面埋伏》一片，獲得英國金像獎最佳剪接提名。
現於北京電影學院導演系擔任客席教授。
電影作品：
Milk and Fashion (2006)
滿城盡帶黃金甲 (2006)
千里走單騎 (2005)
十面埋伏 (2004)
紅色戀人 (1998)
Bontoc Eulogy (1995)
《滿城盡帶黃金甲》
主創人員名單
導演 ：張藝謀
領銜主演 ：周潤發、鞏俐、周杰倫
主演 ：劉燁、陳謹、倪大紅、李曼、秦俊杰
監製/製片人 ：江志?、張偉平
編劇 ：張藝謀、吳楠、卞智洪
文學策劃 ：王斌
攝影指導 ：趙小丁
動作導演 ：程小東
美術 ：霍廷霄
錄音 ：陶經
人物造型、服裝設計 ：奚仲文
原創音樂及製作 ：梅林茂
剪輯 ：程瓏
製片主任 ：張震燕
發行 : 安樂影片有限公司
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
Directed by:
Zhang Yimou
Starring
Chow Yun Fat
Gong Li
Jay Chou
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
Director's Statement
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER takes place in the Later Tang dynasty, more than 1,000 years ago. The Tang was one of the most flamboyant dynasties in Chinese history. It was an ostentatious time. There's an old Chinese saying, "Gold and jade on the outside, rot and decay on the inside," which means that beneath a beautiful exterior often lies a dark and appalling truth. The story focuses on a dysfunctional imperial family. Like any big family in feudal times, beneath the glamour, within the Palace, deep secrets are hidden.
Visual composition is of paramount importance to me. To heighten the sense of opulence, the color gold is used extensively in the sets, as well as the costumes. Lighting also plays an important role. Colorful Chinese art glass is used to intensify hues and translucence in the pillars, the walls, windows, and many decorative items in the Palace. The palettes and luminosity of the sets are truly unique and palatial.
The costumes are distinctively Chinese. Again, gold is used extensively. Yee Chung Man (Costume Designer) really takes the idea of lavishness to the extreme. Most of the outfits have four to six layers. Each layer has been meticulously handcrafted with intricate details. The "Dragon Robe" and the "Phoenix Gown" worn by Chow Yun Fat (The Emperor) and Gong Li (The Empress) are particularly ornate. It took 40 artisans over the course of two months to construct each. The end result is elaborate and astonishing.
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER is my third action film. I firmly believe that story is the most important element in any movie. Action is only a means to tell the story. It is a conduit though which relationships are revealed and conflicts are resolved.
Ching Siu-Tong (Action Director) and I have collaborated on many projects. His action design excels in the battle sequence where thousands of golden armored warriors charge the Palace. This pivotal scene is also one of my favorites. In this sequence, amid festive activities, the ugly secrets of the imperial family are being unraveled. Outside the Palace, a coup d'etat ensues. This scene encapsulates the past and present of the imperial household. The family confronts its biggest crisis while the regime is on the verge of total collapse. To me, this is the key moment of the film.
Synopsis
China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century.
On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The EMPEROR (Chow Yun Fat) returns unexpectedly with his second son, PRINCE JAI (Jay Chou). His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing EMPRESS (Gong Li), this seems disingenuous.
For many years, the Empress and CROWN PRINCE WAN (Liu Ye), her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love CHAN (Li Man), the Imperial Doctor's daughter.
Meanwhile, Prince Jai, the faithful son, grows worried over the Empress's health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. Could she be headed down an ominous path?
The Emperor harbors equally clandestine plans; the IMPERIAL DOCTOR (NI DAHONG) is the only one privy to his machinations. When the Emperor senses a looming threat, he relocates the doctor's family from the Palace to a remote area.
While they are en route, mysterious assassins attack them. Chan and her mother, JIANG SHI (Chen Jin) are forced back to the palace. Their return sets off a tumultuous sequence of dark surprises.
Amid the glamour and grandeur of the festival, ugly secrets are revealed. As the Imperial Family continues its elaborate charade in a palatial setting, thousands of golden armored warriors charge the palace. Who is behind this brutal rebellion? Where do Prince Jai's loyalties lie? Between love and desire, is there a final winner?
Against a moonlit night, thousands of chrysanthemum blossoms are trampled as blood spills across the Imperial Palace.
Historical Notes
The brief Later Tang Dynasty (923-936 AD) stands in sharp contrast to the Tang Dynasty of earlier centuries (618-907 AD). The Later Tang was a period of corruption, warfare, and political tumult, while the long Tang Dynasty was a golden age of relative stability, prosperity, and peace. But the latter days of the Tang Dynasty were marked by court intrigue and misrule, leading to the downfall of centralized Tang power and setting the stage for a half-century of fragmented and warring kingdoms, vulnerable to attack from Mongols to the north and Turks to the west. (When we first meet Prince Jai, he is returning from war with Mongol invaders on the northern border.) Regional governors and frontier military leaders seized parts of the empire, breaking up China into smaller fiefdoms. The thirteen-year period known as the Later Tang is considered part of the "Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms" period (907-960 AD), which aptly describes the division across China.
While The Emperor and Empress in Curse of the Golden Flower are fictional characters, the Emperor can be seen as one of the military men who seizes power; he was a mere Captain when married to his first wife. The Empress was the daughter of another regional king, so by marrying her the Emperor made a powerful alliance. The Emperor's rigid insistence on following ritual and ceremony can be seen as a mark of his hypocrisy; he aspires to the glory days of the Tang Dynasty, but he is really a latter-day usurper.
The Chong Yang Festival has been celebrated in China since ancient times, and continues to be a happy holiday today. It is known as the Festival of Double Nines, because it falls on September 9th, the ninth day of the ninth month. In the tradition of yin and yang, these nines are doubly yang, which connotes positive energy and masculinity. Chong Yang is celebrated by feasting with the family, honoring ancestors and the elderly, and often by hiking to a mountaintop or ascending to a high place-such as the Chrysanthemum Terrace in CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER-to appreciate nature and to escape from evil spirits. The festival is also associated with chysanthemums, chrysanthemum wine, and chrysanthemum cakes. In Chinese herbal medicine, chrysanthemums were used to detoxify and to drive off evil. The Chong Yang symbolism of mountains and chrysanthemums derives from a legend about villagers escaping disaster by climbing a mountain on the 9th day of the 9th month and dispelling evil forces with chrysanthemum wine.
About the Director
Zhang Yimou
Ever since his directorial debut, Red Sorghum (1987) won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, Zhang Yimou has established his reputation as one of the most talented and influential directors today.
Zhang Yimou was born in China in 1950 and studied cinematography at the Beijing Film Academy. He became a leading member of China's Fifth Generation Filmmakers, the first group to graduate following the turbulent Cultural Revolution. He is an accomplished actor, starring in Red Sorghum as well as earning the Best Actor Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival for his performance in Old Well (1986). Zhang Yimou is also a skilled cinematographer, with credits including Yellow Earth (1984), Old Well (1986), and The Big Parade (1986).
Zhang Yimou has received multiple honors as a director. He is the first Chinese filmmaker to receive Motion Picture Academy recognition, being nominated for Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Film category for Ju Dou in 1990, Raise the Red Lantern in 1991, and Hero in 2003. He has earned numerous top honors, including the Silver Lion at the 44th Venice International Film Festival for Raise the Red Lantern (1991), the Golden Lion Award at the 45th Venice International Film Festival for The Story of Qiu Ju (1992), the Grand Jury Prize at the 47th Cannes International Film Festival for To Live (1994), the Golden Lion Award at the 52nd Venice International Film Festival for Not One Less (1999), the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival for The Road Home (1999) and the Alfred Bauer Prize for Hero (2003).
Hero went on to sweep the board at the 22nd Hong Kong Film Awards, winning awards for Best Action Choreography, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Music, Best Sound and Best Visual Effects.
Zhang Yimou's box office hit House of Flying Daggers is the recipient of multiple international awards as well as BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for Best Foreign Film. He followed up with 2005's Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles.
Zhang Yimou's work is stretching in new directions. On the stage of New York's Metropolitan Opera in December 2006, he will direct Placido Domingo in the world premiere of composer Tan Dun's original opera The First Emperor. Zhang Yimou has also been named chief director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing, 2008.
Zhang Yimou Filmography
About the Cast
Chow Yun Fat (The Emperor)
Chow Yun Fat grew up on Lamma Island, a small fishing village off of Hong Kong. His family moved to the city on the big island when he was ten. At the age of seventeen he quit school to pursue a career in acting, and at the suggestion of a friend, he applied and was accepted into a local Hong Kong television station's actor trainee program. After the yearlong program, he was quickly signed to the station as a contract player, which lasted fourteen years.
Having done over one hundred and twenty eight episodes of the popular television series Hotel, Chow was considered a sex symbol and popular leading man in Hong Kong. The immense popularity of his next television series, The Bund, made him a household name in all of South-East Asia.
His first big break in films came when new age director Ann Hui approached him to star in The Story of Woo Viet, which gained him critical acclaim for a role in a serious and commercially successful film when Hong Kong was still mass producing Kung Fu action films. From there, his career skyrocketed. He received a number of Best Actor awards for his roles, and even made twelve films in 1986-a record for a Hong Kong actor.
John Woo then cast him in the role of Mark for the internationally acclaimed film A Better Tomorrow. Chow reached megastar status in Asia with his now trademarked trench coat, sunglasses and blazing Berettas. After a series of romantic comedies and dramas, the determined Chow would later collaborate with John on The Killer and Hard-boiled-two movies that perked the interests of a growing international fan base.
A new genre of films was produced in Hong Kong with Chow at the forefront. These stories were reminiscent of the gangster films staring Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney, now with Chow playing the tragic hero. Hong Kong director Ringo Lam's City on Fire was the inspiration for Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, which won Chow another Best Actor award for his role.
Having conquered Asia with over 68 movies, Chow set out to Hollywood in 1996 for his first English-speaking role in The Replacement Killers directed by Antoine Fuqua. He then starred in the police drama The Corrupter helmed by director James Foley. Fox's studio epic Anna and the King with Jodie Foster was said to have rivaled Gone With The Wind in production size, with Chow starring as the King. It wasn't until Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon that Chow became a recognizable face in the US, after its box office and Oscar successes. After making Bulletproof Monk, Chow worked on Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and united again with Ann Hui on The Postmodern Life of my Aunt. After Curse of the Golden Flower, he returned to work with John Woo twice in a row, in the upcoming video game Stranglehold and Chinese epic film The Battle of Red Cliff.
The man the Los Angeles Times declared "The Coolest Actor in the World," and whom People magazine voted one of "50 Most Beautiful People," continues to live in Hong Kong where he is known to his fans as "Big Brother." Chow spends his spare time photographing landscapes and plans to sell them to raise money for the number of local and international charities he is involved with.
Chow Yun Fat Filmography
Gong Li (The Empress)
Gong Li has been called China's Greta Garbo, and the similarities are obvious. Like the legendary Swedish actress, she has an almost otherworldly beauty and a remarkable acting range; her two score movie credits to date continue to explore new ground. Also like Garbo, Gong is an intensely private woman who struggles to balance her desire for privacy with the publicity that her profession and art entail.
Born in Shenyang in December 1965, she grew up in Jinan, the daughter of an economics professor. A music lover from early childhood, Gong dreamed of a singing career, but when she failed to gain entrance to China's top music school in 1985, she opted for the Central Drama Academy in Beijing, from which she graduated in 1989.
Gong's presence was quickly noticed. While still a student, she was cast as the female lead in Red Sorghum (1987), the debut feature by Zhang Yimou. The film launched two careers. Along with the film itself, which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, Gong's performance, as the meek bride who becomes a powerful woman after her husband's death, won international acclaim. Gong quickly went on to become one of China's (and international cinema's) leading young actresses of the '80s and '90s. Physically slender and demure looking but possessing a naturalistic verve and strength on screen, Gong embodies a new generation of Chinese women, brought up amid old traditions but reaching towards feminist values.
Gong was linked with Zhang both professionally and romantically for several years. He directed her in some of the most memorable Chinese films of the last decade-Ju Dou (1990); Raise the Red Lantern (1991); The Story of Qui Ju (1992) for which she won Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival; To Live (1994); and Shanghai Triad (1995). She has also worked with other Chinese directors, particularly Chen Kaige, with whom she has collaborated in three highly regarded features-Farewell My Concubine, which won the 1993 Palme d'Or at Cannes, Temptress Moon (1996), and The Emperor and the Assassin (1999).
Along the way, her work has garnered critical acclaim and awards around the world. She served as a member of the jury at the 50th Cannes Festival in 1997 and president over the jury at 2000's Berlin Festival. She has lent her name to campaigns for children's and environmental protection, and in this capacity, on 10 May 2000, Gong Li was named UNESCO Artist for Peace in Paris by the Director-General of UNESCO, in recognition of her dedication to the organization's ideals and aims. In August of the same year, she was nominated as Ambassador of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO). She has also served as a consultant on various matters to the Chinese government.
In early 2001, she was the only Chinese actress picked by the Chinese Government to be the image of China Olympic. She traveled to Moscow with the Chinese Olympic Committee, led by the Vice Premier, for the successful bidding of the 2008 Olympics to be held in Beijing.
The glamorous actress is the face of L'Oreal cosmetics in Asia, and one of People magazine's "Most Beautiful People."
Breaking the Silence (2000), her first collaboration with director Sun Zhou, won her the Best Actress award at the Montreal Film Festival, the ninth China Golden Rooster Film Festival and China Hundred Flowers Film Award. It was chosen as the special screening film for the 2000 Berlin International Film Festival. Zhou Yu's Train, a contemporary Chinese love story, was her second film with Sun Zhou.
In 2004, she joined the filming of Eros, an anthology of three films directed by Steven Soderbergh, Michelangelo Antonioni and Wong Kar-Wai. The same year, the Cannes Film Festival named the Wong Kar-Wai romantic science-fiction drama 2046, in which Gong Li appeared more majestic than ever, as an official selection.
In 2005, Gong Li debuted in her first American movie, captivated by Rob Marshall's offer to play in the adaptation of the novel Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. She recently appeared in the American movie adaptation of Michael Mann's famous television series Miami Vice. In 2006 and 2007, she will be seen in several films, including Curse of the Golden Flower and Hannibal Rising by Peter Weber.
Gong Li Filmography
Jay Chou (Prince Jai)
A popstar phenomenon throughout Asia, Jay Chou brings unexpected gravity and depth to his portrayal of Prince Jai in Curse of the Golden Flower. Born Chou Chieh-Lun in Taiwan, 1979, Jay began playing the piano at age four. His mother supported his musical gifts and he went on to master piano and cello. Music, songwriting, and basketball dominated his high school days, and he was first noticed in 1998 when a friend sang one of his pop compositions on a TV talent contest, accompanied by Jay on piano. Alfa Music launched Jay's career, first as a tunesmith and then as a singer. In 2000, his debut album "Jay" quickly propelled him to stardom with numerous hits. His unique musical style is a fresh-sounding fusion of eastern and western traditions featuring strong lyrics and a personal style of storytelling. With his soulful voice and infectious tunes, his second album, "Fantasy," and five subsequent albums, have continued to win legions of fans young and old throughout Asia. He has been the best-selling Mandarin artist in the world for the past five years, with a busy performance schedule touring Asia and North America and numerous music industry awards.
Apart from many music videos, Jay began film acting in a starring role in Initial D (2005), a comedy-action hit in China. His portrayal of Prince Jai, directed by China's preeminent filmmaker, Zhang Yimou, could launch a film acting career to rival his popstar status.
Liu Ye (Prince Wan)
Born in Jilin, China, in 1978, Liu Ye graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 2000. Since then, he has appeared in numerous films, teleplays, and stage appearances, winning the 2004 Best Actor award at the China Golden Rooster Awards for Beauty Grass and the 2002 Best Actor award at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards for Lan Yu. He will be seen in the forthcoming Dark Matter directed by Chen Si-Zeng.
Ni Dahong (Imperial Doctor Jiang)
An eminent actor on the Chinese stage, in films and television, Ni Dahong graduated from The Central Academy of Drama in 1986. He is a leading player with The National Theatre Company of China, and has received two of the highest honors in Chinese theater, the Plum Blossom Award in 2000 and the Wenhua Award in 1999. His theater work includes both the Chinese and Western classical repertory. His film work includes roles in Zhang Yimou's To Live (1994) which won Grand Prize at the 47th Cannes Film Festival, and Journey to the Western Xia Empire (1997) directed by Lu Wei, which was a prizewinner at the 50th Locanor Int'l Film Festival, Switzerland. He has also been seen in numerous leading roles in Chinese television.
Chen Jin (Imperial Doctor's Wife)
A graduate of the Shandong College of Arts, Chen Jin has been a leading actress since the late '80s in numerous Chinese films, stage productions, and television series, for which she has been honored with many awards from Chinese cultural institutions. She will next be seen in Luck of Love.
Li Man (Chen)
Li Man, born in 1988, studied Folk Dance at Shenyang Conservatory of Music for 6 years. At the age of 17, Li Man was discovered by CURSE director Zhang Yimou while she was a student at Beijing's prestigious Central Academy of Drama and hand-picked for her role in CURSE as Chan, a palace herbalist who is slowly poisoning the Queen (Gong Li). The Chinese press quickly dubbed Li Man the latest "Mou Girl," short for Yimou, for her physical similarities to the director's previous actress discoveries, Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi, who both went on to become huge successes after starring in Yimou's films (Gong Li in Red Sorghum and Raise the Red Lantern and Zhang Ziyi in The Road Home and House of Flying Daggers).
Qin Junjie (Prince Yu)
Born in 1991, Qin Junjie is a student at Fu Jian Secondary School.
Curse of the Golden Flower is his first film.
About the Filmmakers
Wu Nan (Co-Writer)
Screenwriter Wu Nan, born in 1974, graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1998 with a degree in directing and went on to a Master's in Film Studies in 2001. She now teaches at the Central Academy of drama in the Faculty of Television Broadcast. She has written many scripts for TV, including The Scent of Women in 2006 and The Legend of La Jia in 2003, and directed a short film, Go Wherever You Wanna Go.
Bian Zhihong (Co-Writer)
Screenwriter Bian Zhihong, born in 1974, graduated from Peking University with a Chinese Language degree in 1995, and received a Master's from the Beijing Film Academy in 2002. Prior to working on Curse of the Golden Flower, he has written for Chinese TV series and worked as a journalist, film critic, and in internet business development.
Bill Kong (Producer)
Bill Kong is head of Edko Films, one of Hong Kong's longest-standing independent film companies. Kong's production debut, The Blue Kite (1993) received multiple awards including Best Feature Film at the Hawaii and Tokyo International Film Festivals. Bill Kong's production credits include Yim Ho's The Day the Sun Turned Cold (1994), which won Best Picture and Best Director at the Tokyo International Film Festival, and the Academy Award winning epic, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000 Best Picture).
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon became not only one of the biggest hits of 2000, but also the most popular foreign film in US cinematic history. It went on to earn a roaring US$210 million at the box office and win multiple awards including four Academy Awards in Best Foreign Language Film, Best Art Direction, Best Original Score and Best Cinematography, as well as two Golden Globe Awards in Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director.
In 2002 alone, Bill Kong produced Sun Zhou's acclaimed love story Zhou Yu's Train, starring Gong Li, Tian Zhuangzhuang's remake of the Chinese classic film Springtime in a Small Town, which won the San Marco prize at the 2002 Venice Film Festival, and Zhang Yimou's nominated martial arts drama, Hero.
Hero smashed box-office records when it opened in China, grossing more than US$1.45M in a single day from 200 screens, then opened to a staggering US$18M in the U.S. in 2004. Winner of the Alfred E. Bauer Prize for innovation at the 2003 Berlin Film Festival, Hero has been nominated for a host of awards, including Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Annual Academy Awards, Best Foreign Film at the Golden Globe Awards, and 14 nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actress for Maggie Cheung.
Bill Kong's 2004 projects include Windstruck, the first Korean film to open day and date in Korea, Hong Kong and China, and Zhang Yimou's Academy Award nominated House of Flying Daggers, which premiered at the 58th Cannes Film Festival to great acclaim. 2006 has seen three Bill Kong productions released in the US: Fearless, directed by Ronny Yu and starring Jet Li, Zhang Yimou's Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, and now Curse of the Golden Flower.
Bill Kong Filmography
Zhao Xiaoding (Director of Photography)
Zhao Xiaoding graduated from the prestigious Beijing Film Academy in 1987 with a degree in Cinematography. Zhao shot his first feature film, Soul of the Thundering Mountain (1987) straight out of college and has since been extremely prolific, averaging at least one film a year. His other works include the critically acclaimed A Season of Flowers and Rain (1999) and Spring Subway (2001).
In 2001, Zhao Xiaoding began his collaboration with Director Zhang Yimou, working as the Cameraman on Zhang's martial arts epic, Hero (2003). The two struck up a great working relationship, and when Zhang Yimou began preparations for the House of Flying Daggers, the helmer quickly asked Zhao to be Director of Photography on his new film. Zhao's work on the film earned him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography.
Aside from his cinematic commitments, Zhao Xiaoding is a refined and experienced cinematographer of commercials. Zhao has shot dvertising campaigns for some of the leading brands in the world including Coca Cola, Armani Perfume, Toyota and the Bank of China. More recently, Zhao Xiaoding was Director of Photography on the successful publicity film for Beijing's Olympic bid, the Shanghai Expo bid and the Beijing 2008 Logo Unveiling publicity film.
Zhao Ziaoding Filmography
Tony Ching Siu Tung (Action Director)
Acclaimed Hong Kong action director Tony Ching has worked with top names of the Hong Kong movie industry, including Jackie Chan in City Hunter (1993) and Duel of Dragons (1992), Chow Yun Fat in The Affair from Nepal (1985), and A Better Tomorrow (1987) and Michelle Yeoh in Wonder Seven (1994).
A two-time winner of Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards for his action direction in New Dragon Inn (1992) and My Schoolmate, the Barbarian (2001), Tony Ching has also been the recipient of the Best Action Choreography award for The Affair from Nepal (1985) and Swordsman (1990) at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Mr. Ching's A Chinese Ghost Story pioneered the craze for Chinese horror films in the late 1980s and was awarded the Best International Fantasy Film Award, and Best Director for Mr. Ching, at Fantafestival. In 2001, he choreographed the Jet Li - Mel Gibson TV collaboration, Invincible, and the multi-award winning smash hit Shaolin Soccer (2001) starring HK superstar Stephen Chiao.
For his choreography of the beautiful yet thrilling fight scenes for Zhang Yimou's Hero, Tony Ching was awarded the Best Action Choreography award at the 22nd Hong Kong Film Awards for the third time in his career.
2006 has been a busy year for Tony Ching. Besides Curse of the Golden Flower, he worked as Action Director on the hit Indian action film Krrish. Forthcoming in 2007 are two more films for which Tony Ching served as Action Choreographer: the fantasy-adventures In the Name of the King, and Dororo.
Tony Ching Siu Tung Filmography
Huo Tingxiao (Production Designer)
Production Designer Huo Tingxiao graduated from the Beijing Academy of Film in 1991. In the same year, he was invited to work as Production Designer on Yang Fengliang's A Woman from North Shaanxi (1991) as well as Life on a String (1991) by esteemed Fifth Generation director, Chen Kaige.
Since this auspicious beginning, Mr. Huo has worked with a string of renowned filmmakers, including He Ping in'Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (1993), for which Mr. Huo was awarded the prestigious Golden Rooster Award for Best Production Design. Huo Tingxiao has collaborated closely with Chen Kaige, acting as Production Designer for Chen's Academy Award nominated Farewell My Concubine (1993), and Chen's The Emperor and the Assassin (1999) for which Huo was awarded the Cannes Film Festival Technical Grand Prize for Best Art Direction.
Huo Tingxiao Filmography
Frankie Chung Chi Hang (Visual Effects Supervisor)
Frankie Chung is one of the most recognized visual effects directors in the Hong Kong film industry, with over 20 years of experience in animation design and production. He began his career as a 2D animator for one of the earliest cel animation studios in Hong Kong, and later joined Centro Digital Pictures in 1995 to establish a subsidiary specifically to foster a new group of talents for the local animation industry. In 1998, his versatile talent was proven in film as he supervised the effects for the blockbuster "A Man Called Hero", and garnered a Golden Horse Award for Best Visual Effects.
As the head of Centro's Computer Graphics department, Frankie manages a state-of-the-art studio with 150 employees and supervises various award-winning projects, including Stephen Chow's record-breaking film "Kung Fu Hustle", which he was acknowledged with the Best Visual Effects kudos from both the Hong Kong Film Awards and Golden Horse Awards.
Frankie recently achieved another career milestone as he was appointed as the co-director of Centro's latest film project, "The Secret of the Magic Gourd." The whimsical family drama, filled with top-notched computer animation, marks the Walt Disney Studios' first entrance into a co-production project in China.
Tao Jing (Sound Supervisor)
A veteran of the prestigious Beijing Film Academy, Tao Jing was nominated for the Best Sound award at the 8th Golden Rooster Awards for work on his debut project, Chen Kaige's The King of Children (1988). This proved to be an auspicious start to a career that includes work on Chen Kaige's Palme d'Or winning Farewell, My Concubine (1993) and Zhang Yimou's BAFTA and Cannes Grand Jury Prize winning To Live (1994). In 1989, Tao Jing supervised the sound for Mu Deyuan and Liang Ming's Lonely Soul in a Black Chamber, the first film in China to be mixed in Dolby Stereo.
A long-time collaborator of Director Zhang Yimou's, Tao Jing was awarded the Golden Reel Award for Zhang's Shanghai Triad in 1995, the Best Sound Award at the 22nd Hong Kong Film Awards for Hero (2003), and a BAFTA nomination for House of Flying Daggers (2004). Tao Jing is a two-time winner of the Golden Rooster Award for Best Sound for Chen Kaige's The Emperor and the Assassin (1999) and Hero (2003). He has published widely on the subject of sound in film and is a Visiting Professor at the Beijing Film Academy.
Tao Jing Filmography
Shigeru Umebayashi (Composer)
Shigeru Umebayashi's career as a professional musician began when he led the legendary new-wave rock band EX to stardom in Japan. In the early 1980s, EX was selected to be the supporting band for Eric Clapton's Japan Tour.
When EX split up in 1985, Umebayashi began writing film scores. He won immediate recognition in the same year for Sorekara and Tomoyo Shizukani Nemure, which were awarded with several music prizes including the Music Award at the Mainichi Film Contest, the Japanese Academic Music Award as well as Music Awards at the Yokohama Film Festival and the Osaka Film Festival.
Since then, Mr. Umebayashi has scored more than 30 films, among which include Morita Yoshimitu's And Then, Wong Kar Wai's multiple award winning In the Mood for Love and Carol Lai Miu Suet's critically acclaimed Floating Landscape (2003). Mr. Umebayashi was awarded Best Original Theme Song for Jacob Cheung Chi Leung's Midnight Fly at the 2001 Golden Horse Awards. More recently, his compositions have been heard in Fearless directed by Ronny Yu, and in Zhang Yimou's House of Flying Daggers.
Shigeru Umebayashi Filmography
Yee Chung Man (Costume Designer)
Yee Chung Man has worked prolifically in the Hong Kong and Chinese film industries since graduating from the Design Department of Hong Kong Polytechnic in 1974 and from New York's Parsons School of Design in 1977. He has won numerous awards for Art Direction, Costume Design, and Makeup at the Hong Kong Film Awards and Golden Horse Awards. In addition to over twenty films as Art Director, Costume and Makeup Designer, he directed Anna Magdalena (1998) and And I Hate You So (2000). He has also directed many music and dance productions. He most recently worked as Art Director on The Secret of the Magic Gourd, directed by John Chu and Frankie Chung.
Yee Chung Man Filmography
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Cheng Long (Editor)
An Electronic Engineering graduate of the Shanghai University of Science and Technology, Cheng Long began graduate studies in Computer Science in the USA before working as a sound engineer in a news van for WPVI-TV6 in Philadelphia.
This ignited Mr. Cheng's love for motion pictures and led him to pursue a Master's degree in Film and Media Arts from Temple University, Philadelphia, followed by a course in Feature Filmmaking at the prestigious American Film Institute in 1995.
Upon graduation, Cheng Long edited a series of US-based projects including Bontoc Eulogy (1995) which screened at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival, and US Customs Classified (1995) which premiered on CKAL-9.
Returning to China in 1997, Cheng Long edited the feature film, A Time to Remember (1998) before editing the television shows A Hero Without a Name (1997-1998) and Love Affairs in Two Generations (2000) for China's Zhejiang TV Drama Centre and Nanjing Cable TV Station respectively. Since Curse of the Golden Flower, he has worked on the drama Milk and Fashion directed by Sherwood Hu.
Cheng Long is currently a visiting scholar in the Directing Department of the Beijing Film Academy.
Cheng Long Filmography
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