Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
2000 film by Ang Lee
- Released
- 18 May 2000
- Country
- United States, Taiwan, Hong Kong
- Language
- Chinese, Standard Chinese, Mandarin
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Ang Lee
- Screenplay
- James Schamus, Wang Hui-ling, Kuo Jung Tsai
- Producer
- Hsu Li Kong, William Kong, Ang Lee
- Music
- Tan Dun
- Cinematography
- Peter Pau
- Editing
- Tim Squyres
- Starring
- Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Wang Deming, Chang Chen, Cheng Pei-pei, Sihung Lung, Li Fazeng
- Running time
- 115 minutes
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures
- Distributor
- InterCom
- Box office
- $213.5 million
- Budget
- $15 million
- Based on
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Set in
- Beijing, Qing dynasty
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a 2000 wuxia film directed by Ang Lee and written for the screen by Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, and Tsai Kuo-jung. It is based on the Chinese novel of the same name, serialized between 1941 and 1942 by Wang Dulu, the fourth part of his Crane-Iron Series. It stars Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen and Cheng Pei-pei in the leading roles. Set in 18th-century Imperial China, the plot follows two master warriors, Li Mu Bai (Chow) and Yu Shu Lien (Yeoh), who are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen by the mysterious thief Jen Yu (Zhang).
Nominations
- Academy Award for Best Director
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- Academy Award for Best Costume Design
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- Academy Award for Best Production Design
- Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Series
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q273978 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.