The Promise | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 無極 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 无极 | ||||||
Literal meaning | limitless | ||||||
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Directed by | Chen Kaige | ||||||
Written by | Chen Kaige Charcoal Tan | ||||||
Produced by | Chen Kaige Jiang Tao Chen Rao | ||||||
Starring | Jang Dong-gun Hiroyuki Sanada Cecilia Cheung Nicholas Tse Liu Ye Chen Hong | ||||||
Cinematography | Peter Pau Choi Shung-fai | ||||||
Edited by | Li Fang Zhou Ying | ||||||
Music by | Klaus Badelt | ||||||
Production companies | China Film Group Corporation Beijing Film Beijing 21st Century Shengkai Ltd. Capgen Investment Group Moonstone Entertainment Inc. | ||||||
Distributed by | China Film Group Corporation | ||||||
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Running time | 128 minutes | ||||||
Country | China | ||||||
Language | Mandarin | ||||||
Budget | $35 million | ||||||
Box office | $31 million |
The Promise is a 2005 Chinese epic fantasy film directed by Chen Kaige, starring Jang Dong-gun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cecilia Cheung, and Nicholas Tse. It is loosely adapted from The Kunlun Slave, a wuxia romance story written by Pei Xing in the ninth century during the Tang dynasty.[1] Responses to the film were mainly mixed to negative.