House of Flying Daggers was released on 12/03/2004.
House of Flying Daggers was based in China
Zhang Ziyi
The movie "House of Flying Daggers" predominantly features Mandarin Chinese as the spoken language. Subtitles are usually provided in other languages for international audiences.
See the related link below for a plot description and other information.
Closer The Incredibles Melinda and Melinda Finding Neverland Before Sunset House of Flying Daggers Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow The Motorcycle Diaries
zhang yimou
The free music video this week is House of Flying Daggers by Raewon. But it's only this week so HURRY!-The Boston Red Sox #1 Fan
daggers daggers daggers
I was curious about this as well, as my daughter is planning on moving with her fiance' to China, and I noted a very different quality to the speech in the film, than in other Chinese language films. What little I have been able to research would indicate that it is a slightly accented Mandarin, rather than Cantonese. To my ear the Mandarin (even if it was purely classical Mandarin in Daggers) was softer and more melodic than what I have heard of Cantonese (if that is the other most broadly spoken dialect). Hope that helped.
The last three Chinese movies nominated for an Oscar (and shown in movie theaters around the world) are: Hero (2002) was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. House of Flying Daggers (2004) was nominated for Cinematography. And Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) was nominated for Costume Design.
Yes and no. China did invent daggers, but so did every other civilization that figured out how to sharpen a rock. If a civilization was able to utilize metal, it created daggers. The Far East, Middle East, Africa, Europe and (arguably) the Americas all invented daggers.
Rogues are the class that use daggers, but all the classes can use them.