Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 2
Its director stated on the record that "she is what makes House of Flying Daggers, the whole film is about her: she represents the younger generation of Chinese people who will give up everything for…" 1. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 5 of 100 2.
- 1Creator statementdirector: "She is what makes House of Flying Daggers, the whole film is about her: she represents the younger generation of Chinese people who will give up everything for love. I pay much respect to the traditi…"Phase9 Q&A and TIME interview with Zhang Yimou source ↗
- 2Content balanceAdvocacy 5 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
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Age: 35 — leans younger
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In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
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Advocacy Over Time in Adventure
The average advocacy score of Adventure titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 0 | 2 |
| 1959 | 8 | 2 |
| 1960 | 0 | 2 |
| 1963 | 1 | 3 |
| 1966 | 2 | 3 |
| 1968 | 3 | 2 |
| 1972 | 2 | 4 |
| 1973 | 1 | 2 |
| 1975 | 3 | 5 |
| 1978 | 3 | 2 |
| 1979 | 3 | 2 |
| 1981 | 3 | 2 |
| 1982 | 2 | 4 |
| 1983 | 4 | 3 |
| 1984 | 2 | 8 |
| 1985 | 6 | 2 |
| 1986 | 0 | 3 |
| 1987 | 3 | 4 |
| 1988 | 0 | 2 |
| 1989 | 3 | 5 |
| 1990 | 2 | 3 |
| 1991 | 2 | 2 |
| 1992 | 0 | 2 |
| 1993 | 2 | 3 |
| 1994 | 3 | 4 |
| 1995 | 6 | 4 |
| 1996 | 0 | 3 |
| 1997 | 4 | 9 |
| 1998 | 3 | 4 |
| 1999 | 1 | 9 |
| 2000 | 2 | 9 |
| 2001 | 6 | 8 |
| 2002 | 3 | 10 |
| 2003 | 7 | 8 |
| 2004 | 4 | 11 |
| 2005 | 3 | 11 |
| 2006 | 2 | 11 |
| 2007 | 2 | 12 |
| 2008 | 4 | 7 |
| 2009 | 6 | 8 |
| 2010 | 7 | 10 |
| 2011 | 4 | 10 |
| 2012 | 11 | 6 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12 |
| 2014 | 7 | 11 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12 |
| 2017 | 10 | 13 |
| 2018 | 9 | 23 |
| 2019 | 13 | 28 |
| 2020 | 9 | 19 |
| 2021 | 10 | 33 |
| 2022 | 16 | 27 |
| 2023 | 14 | 31 |
| 2024 | 8 | 36 |
| 2025 | 1 | 23 |
| 2026 | 4 | 24 |
| This title (2004) | 5 | 1 |
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Cast & Crew
Zhang Yimou (director) · Raymond Lam Fai-Tai (director)
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