In a Chinese royal court, an army commander secretly trains a "shadow" to retake a city against the wishes of the king.In a Chinese royal court, an army commander secretly trains a "shadow" to retake a city against the wishes of the king.In a Chinese royal court, an army commander secretly trains a "shadow" to retake a city against the wishes of the king.
- Awards
- 35 wins & 53 nominations
Li Sun
- Madam (Wife of Commander Yu)
- (as Sun Li)
Ryan Zheng
- The King of Pei
- (as Zheng Kai)
Qianyuan Wang
- Captain Tian
- (as Wang Qianyuan)
Jingchun Wang
- Minister Lu
- (as Wang Jingchun)
Jun Hu
- General Yang
- (as Hu Jun)
Xiaotong Guan
- The Princess (The King's Sister)
- (as Guan Xiaotong)
Lei Wu
- Ping (General Yang's Son)
- (as Leo Wu)
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- TriviaThe film is shot in color with all the sets and costumes designed in the tones of black and white, to illustrate the interplay between light and dark and to follow the style of Chinese ink wash paintings.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Chris Stuckmann Movie Reviews: The Best Movies of 2019 (2019)
Featured review
One of Zhang's Best in Recent 2 Decades
I'm never a big fan of Mr. Zhang Yimou especially in recent two decades. To me his all time best movie is "To Live"(1994). After 2000, since "Hero", his movies seems only focused on creating pretty images but all have very weak stories and most of the characters were too simple and tedious.
But this time "Shadow" is not a weak story, it looks like a simple story but in fact is a complicated one which have several storylines and everybody in this movie have multiple character sides, every characters has strong personalities and strong thoughts.
Although there are still some symbolic things which are kinda weird but I have to say this is one of his best in recent two decades.
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- xieyinan_eh
- Oct 3, 2018
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- Also known as
- Vô Ảnh
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Box office
- Budget
- CN¥300,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $521,396
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $27,474
- May 5, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $91,708,374
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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