Yimou Zhang

During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.

In a Chinese royal court, an army commander secretly trains a "shadow" to retake a city against the wishes of the king.

A Japanese father travels to China's Yunnan province in the place of his ailing son to film a folk-opera singer.

A movie fan in a remote farmland strikes a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.

In ancient China, a group of European mercenaries encounters a secret army that maintains and defends the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.

A defense officer, Nameless, was summoned by the King of Qin regarding his success of terminating three warriors.

A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

In 1937 China, during the second Sino-Japanese war, a mortician, John (Christian Bale) arrives at a Catholic church in Nanjing to prepare a priest for burial. Upon arrival he finds himself the lone adult among a group of convent girl students and prostitutes from a nearby brothel. When he finds himself in the unwanted position of protector of both groups from the horrors of the invading Japanese army, he discovers the meaning of sacrifice and honor.