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Hero [videorecording] / Miramax Films presents in association with Elite Group Enterprises Inc. an Edko Films, Zhang Yimou Sudio production in collaboration with China Film Co-Production Corp., Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd. and Beijing New Picture Film Co. ; jian zhi, Bill Kong, Zhang Yimou ; dao yan, Zhang Yimou.

Ying xiong (parallel title)

Zhang, Yimou. (Added Author). Li, Jet, 1963- (Added Author). Leung, Tony Chiu Wai, 1962- (Added Author). Zhang, Manyu. (Added Author). Zhang, Ziyi. (Added Author). Tarantino, Quentin. (Added Author). Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen [and others]. (Cast).

Summary:

With supernatural skill and no fear a nameless soldier embarks on a mission of revenge against the fearsome army that massacred his people. Now, to achieve the justice he seeks, he must take on the empire's most ruthless assassins and reach the enemy he has sworn to defeat.

Record details

ISBN: 0788857037
ISBN: 9780788857034
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 99 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Widescreen.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Quentin Tarantino presents"--Container and disc. Based on the novel by Li Feng. Original production: c2002. Special features: "Inside the action : a conversation with Quentin Tarantino and Jet Li;" Hero defined; storyboards.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Story, Zhang Yimou, Li Feng, Wang Bin ; director of photography, Christopher Doyle ; action director, Tony Ching Siu-Tung ; editors, Zhai Ru, Angie Lam ; production designers, Huo Ting Xiao, Yi Zhen Zhou ; costume designer, Emi Wada ; music, Tan Dun ; violin solos and fiddling, Itzhak Perlman.
Participant or Performer Note:	Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen [and others].
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1), DTS 5.1 digital surround.
Language Note:	In Chinese (Mandarin); also dubbed into English and French; optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.