House of Flying Daggers (2004)
2004 film directed by Zhang Yimou
- Released
- 19 May 2004
- Country
- People's Republic of China, Hong Kong
- Language
- Standard Chinese
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Zhang Yimou
- Screenplay
- Zhang Yimou, Feng Li, Bin Wang
- Producer
- Zhang Yimou, William Kong
- Music
- Shigeru Umebayashi
- Cinematography
- Zhao Xiaoding
- Starring
- Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Ziyi, Song Dandan
- Running time
- 119 minutes
- Distributor
- Fandango
- Budget
- $12 million
- Set in
- Tang dynasty, Shenyang
House of Flying Daggers (十面埋伏) is a 2004 wuxia film directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Zhang Ziyi. It opened in limited release within the United States on 3 December 2004, in New York City and Los Angeles, and opened on additional screens throughout the country two weeks later. The film grossed $11,050,094 at the United States box office and went on to significantly over-perform in the home video market in the United States.
The film was chosen as China's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for the year 2004, but was not nominated in that category. It did receive a nomination for Best Cinematography.
More films directed by Zhang Yimou
- Hero 2002
Nominations
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography
- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
- International Submission to the Academy Awards
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q369388 (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.