A while back, I raved breathlessly about In the Mood for Love. Well, Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung are lovers again in Zhang Yimou's Hero.

Nameless & Sky

Broken Sword & Snow


This is a simple story. About a King. This King has three famous assasins sent by neighbouring countries to kill him. They are Sky, Broken Sword and Snow. Nameless somehow manages to kill all three of them, and presents the King with the Assasins' weapons. (Now, you must understand, that in ye olde China, famous swordspeople do not just leave their weapons around to be stolen.) The King had proclaimed that to whomever that brings to him one of the Assassin's weapon, he may be allowed to come 200 paces from the King. And to the person who brings to the King another of the Assasins' weapons, he may be allowed to come within 100 paces from the King. With Sky's broken spear, Broken Swords' Sabre and Snow's Sword, Nameless was presented to the King at a hundred paces. And here, Nameless tells his story of how he managed to kill three of the realm's greatest assassins.

Black
Sombre and stern, honor and integrity.


Red
Raging passions, seething jealousy.


Blue
Love, sacrifice, sanguine.


White
Truth, bravery, justice.


Green
Youth, idealistic, vengence.