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House of Flying Daggers
MEANRANK
77/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1127
- IMDb #1068
- Rotten Tomatoes #1131
- Metacritic #314
- Letterboxd #1159
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1338
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1424
- Metacritic Critics #218
- Metacritic Audience #899
- Criticker #1031
- Douban #2191
- Kinopoisk #702
- AlloCiné #1767
- Trakt #1338
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 57, highest is Google on 90. Critics average 88, everyone else 75.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →During the decline of the Tang Dynasty, a police captain is ordered to infiltrate a rebel group known as the House of Flying Daggers. He devises a plan to gain their trust by rescuing a seemingly blind dancer who may be the daughter of their former leader. As the captain and his partner escort her through beautiful and dangerous landscapes, loyalties become blurred and a passionate love triangle forms.
Details
- Director
- Zhang Yimou
- Writers
- Wang Bin, Zhang Yimou
- Released
- 16 July 2004
- Country
- China, Hong Kong
- Language
- Mandarin
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $15.0M
- Box office
- $92.9M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| 77th Academy Awards 2005 | Best Cinematography | Zhao Xiaoding | Nominee |
| International Submission to the Academy Awards 2005 | International Submission to the Academy Awards | People's Republic of China | Nominee |
| 17th European Film Awards 2004 | Best Non-European Film | Zhang Yimou | Nominee |
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3 awards — House of Flying Daggers
×| Best Cinematography | Zhao Xiaoding | Nominee |
| International Submission to the Academy Awards | People's Republic of China | Nominee |
| Best Non-European Film | Zhang Yimou | Nominee |