Hero
“One man's strength will unite an empire.”
During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago.
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Cast
30 people
Jet Li
Nameless
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Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Broken Sword
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Maggie Cheung Man-yuk
Flying Snow
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In the Mood for Love
Police Story
Donnie Yen
Sky
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John Wick: Chapter 4
Zhang Ziyi
Moon
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Memoirs of a Geisha
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Chen Daoming
King of Qin
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Joy of Life
Coming Home
Liu Zhongyuan
Old Scholar
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Wing Chun
Zheng Tianyong
Old Servant
Also in
For the Sake of the Republic
The Qin Empire
Liu Zhong Yuan
Scholar
Qin Yan
Prime Minister
Known for
The Knockout
Zhang Yakun
The Qin Guards' Commander
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The Water Margin
Mutant
Xiao-yang Chang
General
Zhang Yimou Director · Wang Bin Writer Feng Li Writer
Worldwide gross $177M · Budget $31M · United States release August 27, 2004
Box office
Budget
$31,000,000
Worldwide gross
$177,394,432
Gross vs. budget
5.7×
Production
Beijing New Picture Film Co. Ltd.
Production
China Film Co-Production
Production
Elite Group Enterprises
Production
Edko Films
Production
Sil-Metropole Organisation
Production
Zhang Yimou Studio
Production
Hong Kong SAR China · China
Produced in
Languages
Original title
英雄
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
China · December 19, 2002
Theatrical
United States · August 27, 2004
Theatrical
United States
January 14, 2003 · Premiere · Palm Springs International Film Festival
Australia
March 17, 2004 · Theatrical
Czechia
June 5, 2003 · Theatrical
Denmark
April 2, 2003 · Theatrical
France
September 24, 2003 · Theatrical
Germany
February 7, 2003 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
June 5, 2003 · Theatrical
Greece
March 21, 2003 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
December 19, 2002 · Theatrical
Italy
October 8, 2004 · Theatrical
Japan
June 13, 2003 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 29, 2004 · Theatrical
January 6, 2008 · TV · Nederland 2
February 19, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
September 26, 2003 · Theatrical
Singapore
January 16, 2003 · Theatrical
South Korea
January 24, 2003 · Theatrical
Spain
November 14, 2003 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 28, 2003 · Theatrical
September 17, 2003 · Physical · DVD release
August 4, 2010 · Physical · Blu-ray release
United Kingdom
September 24, 2004 · Theatrical
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