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.

An American finds refuge during the 1937 Japanese invasion of Nanking in a church with a group of women. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.