Curse of the Golden Flower
Unspeakable secrets are hidden within the Forbidden City.
Country
Production
Budget
$45 000 000
Box office
$75 877 393
Website
Director
Actors
Chow Yun-fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Liu Ye, Qin Junjie, Li Man, Ni Dahong, Chen Jin, Siran Ge, Jiulong Guo
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Nan Wu, Wu Nan
Producer
Bill Kong Chi-Keung, Zhang Weiping, Ronald Wong
Camera operator
Zhao Xiaoding
Composer
Artist
Tingxiao Huo
Audition
Editing
Cheng Long
Whole Team (18)
Whole Team (18)
Short description
During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.
What's left behind the scenes
- With a budget of $45 million US dollars, this film was the most expensive Chinese film upon its release.
- In 2006, he was submitted as China's candidate for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but he was not nominated for the final stage of the competition in this category.
- Some of the costumes weighed over 40 kg.
- A team of 40 people sewed the costumes for the emperor and his consort for the festival, and it took over two months to create them.
- The emperor's headdress was created with incredible accuracy; it is a copy of a headdress from the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD).
- Over 1,000 real soldiers were involved in the final battle. Its filming lasted more than 20 days.
- The most expensive Chinese film at the time of its production.
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