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The Promise

DramaFantasyAction
2005, 2h 1min
An orphaned girl, driven by poverty at such a young age, makes a promise with an enchantress. In return for beauty and the admiration of every man, she will never be with the man she loves. This spell cannot be broken unless the impossible happens: snow falling in spring and the dead coming back to life. Now a grown and beautiful princess, she regrets her promise, for all of the men she's loved has always been met with tragedy.
Country: South Korea, China
Director:
Chen Kaige
Cast:
Hiroyuki Sanada,
Nicholas Tse,
Liu Ye,
Cecilia Cheung
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Critic Tasha Robinson
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A deft, expansive, beautifully realized epic fable in the mode of Hero or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Promise is an unadulterated pleasure from beginning to end.

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Chen Kaige
Director
Chen Kaige
Writer
Hiroyuki Sanada
As General Guangming
Nicholas Tse
As Wuhuan
Liu Ye
As Snow Wolf
Cecilia Cheung
As Princess Qingcheng
Jang Dong-gun
As Kunlun

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The Promise was released in theaters on May 5, 2006.

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