TY  - GEN
N2  - China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century. On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The Emperor returns unexpectedly with his second son, Prince Jai. His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing Empress, this seems disingenuous. For many years, the Empress and Crown Prince Wan, her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love Chan, the Imperial Doctor's daughter. Meanwhile, faithful son Prince Jai, grows worried over the Empress's health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. The Emperor harbors equally clandestine plans and the Imperial Doctor is the only one privy to his machinations. When the Emperor senses a looming threat, he relocates the doctor's family from the Palace to a remote area. They are attacked by mysterious assassins and Chan and her mother are forced back to the palace. Their return sets off a tumultuous sequence of dark surprises. Amid the glamour and grandeur of the festival, ugly secrets are revealed. As the Imperial Family continues its elaborate charade in a palatial setting, thousands of golden armored warriors charge the palace.
AB  - China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century. On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The Emperor returns unexpectedly with his second son, Prince Jai. His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing Empress, this seems disingenuous. For many years, the Empress and Crown Prince Wan, her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love Chan, the Imperial Doctor's daughter. Meanwhile, faithful son Prince Jai, grows worried over the Empress's health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. The Emperor harbors equally clandestine plans and the Imperial Doctor is the only one privy to his machinations. When the Emperor senses a looming threat, he relocates the doctor's family from the Palace to a remote area. They are attacked by mysterious assassins and Chan and her mother are forced back to the palace. Their return sets off a tumultuous sequence of dark surprises. Amid the glamour and grandeur of the festival, ugly secrets are revealed. As the Imperial Family continues its elaborate charade in a palatial setting, thousands of golden armored warriors charge the palace.
T1  - Man cheng jin dai huang jin jiaCurse of the golden flower /
DA  - 2007.
CY  - Culver City, Calif. :
AU  - Kong, Bill.
AU  - Zhang, Weiping,
AU  - Zhang, Yimou.
AU  - Cao, Yu.
AU  - Chen, Jin,
AU  - Zhou, Jielun,
AU  - Chow, Yun-fat.
AU  - Gong, Li,
AU  - Junjie, Qin.
AU  - Li, Man.
AU  - Liu, Ye,
AU  - Ni, Dahong.
CN  - PN1997.2
CN  - PN1997.2
PB  - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
PP  - Culver City, Calif. :
LA  - chieng
LA  - Closed-captioned; dialogue in Chinese (5.1 Dolby Digital) or English (5.1 Dolby Digital) with optional subtitles in English or French.
PY  - 2007.
N1  - Based on the play by Yu Cao.
N1  - Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006.
ID  - 326233
KW  - Chrysanthemums
KW  - Fathers and sons
KW  - Man-woman relationships
KW  - Surprise (Military science)
KW  - Foreign films
SN  - 9781424833887
SN  - 1424833884
TI  - Man cheng jin dai huang jin jiaCurse of the golden flower /
ER  -