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Movie Info
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Director -
Yimou Zhang -
Producer -
William Kong , Weiping Zhang -
Screenwriter -
Yimou Zhang , Wu Nan , Bian Zhihong -
Distributor -
Sony Pictures Classics -
Production Co -
Edko Films , Film Partner International , Beijing New Picture Film Co. -
Rating -
R (Violence) -
Genre -
History , Drama , Romance -
Original Language -
Chinese -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Dec 21, 2006, Limited -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Apr 16, 2012 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$6.6M -
Runtime -
1h 54m