TY - ADVS AU - Zhang,Yimou AU - Kaneshiro,Takeshi AU - Lau,Andy AU - Zhang,Ziyi AU - Song,Dandan AU - Zhao,Xiaoding AU - Umebayashi,Shigeru ED - Sony Pictures Classics (Firm) TI - House of Flying Daggers SN - 140497010X PY - 2004/// CY - Culver City, Calif. PB - Sony Pictures Classics KW - Secret societies KW - China KW - Drama KW - Police KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Feature films N1 - Special features: Commentary with actor Ziyi Zhang and director Zhang Yimou; creating the visual effects featurette; making-of 'House of Flying Daggers' featurette; theme song 'Lovers' music video; behind the scenes photo gallery; costumes gallery; storyboard comparisions; previews; Director of photography, Zhao Xiaoding ; editor, Cheng Long ; original music score, Shigeru Umebayashi ; costume designer, Emi Wada ; production designer, Huo Tingxiao ; visual effects, Animal Logic Film ; action director, Tony Ching Siu-Tung; Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Zhang Ziyi, Song Dandan; MPAA rating: PG-13; for sequences of stylized martial arts violence, and some sexuality N2 - During the reign of the Tang dynasty in China, a secret organization called "The House of the Flying Daggers" rises and opposes the government. Leo is a police officer who sends officer Jin to investigate a young dancer named Mei, claiming that she has ties to the "Flying Daggers" organization. Leo ends up arresting Mei, only to have Jin break her free in a plot to gain her trust and lead the police to the new leader of the secret organization. But things are far more complicated than they seem ER -