Hero
One man's strength will unite an empire.
During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago.
- Director
- Zhang Yimou
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $177M
Who's in it
Cast
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Movie DNA
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Story overview
What It's About
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During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 2 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 2 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best International Feature Film
- WinnerInternational Submission to the Academy Awards
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Hero returned 5.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $31M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $177M
- Release date
- Dec 19, 2002
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- Mandarin
- Country
- China, Hong Kong
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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