Nothing is more poisonous than the human heart.
Crown Prince Wu Luan is in love with Little Wan but left heartbroken when she marries his father, the emperor. The emperor's brother, Li, kills him and Wu Luan tries to avenge his father's death.
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Grave, classical in form, bleak and epic.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Zhang ZiyiEmpress Wan
- Ge YouEmperor Li
- Daniel WuCrown Prince Wu Luan
- Zhou XunQing Nu
- Ma JingwuMinister Yin Taichang
- Huang XiaomingGeneral Yin Sun
- Zhou ZhongheLord Chamberlain
- Zeng QiushengGovernor Pei Hong
- Xu XiyanLing
- Liu YanbinMessenger
Crew
- Feng XiaogangDirector
- Sheng HeyuWriter
- Chiu Kang-ChienWriter
- Zhang LiDirector of Photography
- Tan DunOriginal Music Composer
- Yuen Woo-pingProducer
- John ChongProducer
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