Hero
One man defeated three assassins who sought to murder the most powerful warlord in pre-unified China.
Zhang Yimou
Casts & Crew
Jet Li
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
Maggie Cheung
Donnie Yen
Zhang Ziyi
Chen Dao-Ming
Liu Zhong Yuan
Zheng Tia Yong
Yan Qin
Chang Xiao Yang
James Hong
Xia Bin
Hua Cao
Hei Zi
Ma Wen Hua
Xu Kuang Hua
Li Lei
Emil Lin
Liu Jie
Bruce Locke
Jin Ming
Angela Oh
Peng Qiang
James Sie
Elizabeth Sung
Shou Xin Wang
Yakun Zhang
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