Ashes of Time (1994)

Original title

東邪西毒

Directed by

Wong Kar-wai

Genre

martial arts film, art film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

R

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 400 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of martial arts masters and their loves are connected through a bitter desert swordsman who arranges assassinations. The story traces their memories and regrets over unfulfilled love and lost time.

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What happens

Ashes of Time (東邪西毒) is a 1994 Hong Kong wuxia film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Carina Lau, Charlie Yeung, Jacky Cheung, and Maggie Cheung. The film serves as a backstory for some characters from the novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes by Jin Yong. It was selected in September 1994 to compete for the Golden Lion at the 51st Venice International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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