Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
“Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia”
Action, Adventure, Drama |
Curse of the Golden Flower is a Chinese epic wuxia drama film written and directed by Zhang Yimou. The Mandarin Chinese title of the movie is taken from the last line of the Qi Dynasty poem written by the rebel leader Emperor Huang Chao who was also the Emperor of the Qi Dynasty that was at war against the Later Tang Dynasty.
With a budget of US$45 million, it was at the time of its release the most expensive Chinese film to date, surpassing Chen Kaige’s The Promise. It was chosen as China’s entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for the year 2006, but did not receive the nomination. The film was, however, nominated for Costume Design. In 2007 it received fourteen nominations at the 26th Hong Kong Film Awards and won Best Actress for Gong Li, Best Art Direction, Best Costume and Make Up Design and Best Original Film Song for Chrysanthemum Terrace by Jay Chou.
On the eve of the Double Ninth Festival, the Emperor (Chow Yun-fat) and the second of his three sons, Prince Jai (Jay Chou), return from their military campaign to Nanjing so they can celebrate the holiday with their family. However, the Empress has been in an affair with the first son, Crown Prince Wan (Liu Ye), who was born of the Emperor’s previous wife. At the same time, Crown Prince Wan has been in an affair with Jiang Chan (Li Man), daughter of the Imperial Doctor, and is keen on rejecting the throne so that he may run away with her.
Director: Yimou Zhang
Writers: Zhihong Bian (as Zhi-Hong Bian), Yu Cao (play), Nan Wu, Yimou Zhang
Stars: Yun-Fat Chow, Li Gong, Jay Chou, Ye Liu, Dahong Ni, Junjie Qin, Man Li, Jin Chen
Cast:
| Yun-Fat Chow | … | Emperor Ping |
| Li Gong | … | Empress Phoenix |
| Jay Chou | … | Prince Jai |
| Ye Liu | … | Crown Prince Wan |
| Dahong Ni | … | Jiang / Imperial Physician |
| Junjie Qin | … | Yu / Prince |
| Man Li | … | Jiang Chan |
| Jin Chen | … | Mrs. Jiang |
| Aaron C. Shang | … | Liang / Prince (as Aaron Shang) |
| Liam O’Brien | … | Prince Jai (voice) |
| Yuri Lowenthal | … | Prince Yu (voice) |
| Siran Ge | … | Maid |
| Lisen Ai | … | Performer |
| Xiaoyi Chen | … | Performer |
| Xinhua Chen | … | Performer |
| Shusheng Cong | … | Performer |
| Bai Feng | … | Performer |
| Dingkong Feng | … | Performer |
| Yudong Gao | … | Performer |
| Dan Ge | … | Performer |
| Chonghui Guo | … | Performer |
| Jiulong Guo | … | Performer |
| Zonghan Hong | … | Performer |
| JingKan Hou | … | Performer |
| Pan Hu | … | Performer |
| Guangxi Huo | … | Performer |
| Lianshi Jiao | … | Performer |
| Geng Li | … | Performer |
| Jingfei Li | … | Performer |
| Junxi Li | … | Performer |
| Lu Li | … | Performer |
| Ming Li | … | Performer |
| Shuang Li | … | Performer |
| Sisi Li | … | Performer |
| Xuanjie Li | … | Performer |
| Yang Li | … | Performer |
| Yufei Li | … | Performer |
| Daiyeng Ling | … | Performer |
| Chunyu Liu | … | Performer |
| Lianyuan Liu | … | Performer |
| Shabai Liu | … | Performer |
| Shanshan Liu | … | Performer |
| Shaochun Liu | … | Performer |
| Wanting Liu | … | Performer |
| Weijie Liu | … | Performer |
| Xiaohui Liu | … | Performer |
| Yang Liu | … | Performer |
| Zhengeng Liu | … | Performer |
| Yangming Mao | … | Performer |
| Honglin Sheng | … | Performer |
| Chuan Shi | … | Performer |
| Renshan Shi | … | Performer |
| Aiqin Shu | … | Performer |
| Huiru Sun | … | Performer |
| Menging Sun | … | Performer |
| Quan Sun | … | Performer |
| Houli Tang | … | Performer |
| Ye Tian | … | Performer |
| Cong Wang | … | Performer |
| Hongsheng Wang | … | Performer |
| Jinbo Wang | … | Performer |
| Langi Wang | … | Performer |
| Xingye Wang | … | Performer |
| Sailan Xi | … | Performer |
| Xiuneng Yang | … | Performer |
| Zeyu Yang | … | Performer |
| Tingting Yu | … | Performer |
| Yali Zeng | … | Performer |
| Shihan Zhan | … | Performer |
| Hua Zhang | … | Performer |
| Jiao Zhang | … | Performer |
| Jihang Zhang | … | Performer |
| Wen Zhang | … | Performer |
| Ya Zhang | … | Performer |
| Yiaqing Zhang | … | Performer |
| Yide Zhang | … | Performer |
| Guangyu Zhu | … | Performer |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia