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無極 (2005)
The Promise
US Release Title: Master of the Crimson Armor
Origin: China
Language: Mandarin 
Genres: Martial Arts  Fantasy  Drama 
Release Date (HK): 12/15/2005
 
Director
  Chen Kaige
 
Screenwriters
  Chen Kaige
  Charcoal Tan
 
Action Choreographers
  Stephen Tung Wai
  Dion Lam Dik-On
 
Producer
  Zhao Haicheng
 
 
Cast
  Cecilia Cheung Pak-Chi ... Princess Qing Cheng
  Sanada Hiroyuki ... General Guang Ming
  Jang Dong-Geon ... Kunlun the Slave
  Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung ... Duke Wu Huan
  Liu Ye ... Snow Wolf (Assassin)
  Chen Hong ... Goddess Manshen
  Qian Bo ... One-Eyed
  Calvin Yu Xiaowei ... Commander Ye Li
  Cheng Qian ... King
  Li Jing ... Kunun's mother
  Shi Lei (2) ... Young Wu Huan
  Guan Xiaotong ... Young Qing-Cheng
  Peter Pau Tak-Hai ... [Double for Guang Ming]
  Lu Peng (2) ... General in red
 
Production Companies
  Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd.
  Beijing Film Studio of China Film Group Corporation
  Beijing 21st Century Shengkai Ltd.
  Capgen Investment Group
  Moonstone Entertainment Inc.
 
First Assistant Director
  Shui Lei   Max Wang Weimin
 
Second Assistant Director
  Zhao Guangbin   Chen Feihong   Han Yuhong
  Cheng Yuanhai
 
Script Supervisor
  Jin Dou
 
2nd Unit Script Supervisor
  Shen Hanting   Kitz Tan
 
Director of Photography
  Peter Pau Tak-Hai
 
2nd Unit Cinematographer
  Choi Sung-Fai
 
1st Unit Focus Puller
  Edmond Chan Yiu-Leung
 
Lighting Engineer
  Lee Tak-Shing
 
2nd Unit Lighting
  Lam Chun-Wan
 
Art Director
  Timothy Yip Gam-Tim   Eddy Wong Ga-Lang
 
Art
  Yang Baigui   Yang Gang
 
Costume Designer
  Chen Tongxun
 
Costume Design
  Masago Kimiya   Timothy Yip Gam-Tim
 
Makeup Designer
  Yang Shudong   Ji Weihua   Yang Xiaohai
  Liu Jun (2)
 
Hair Stylist
  Chun Hai
 
Editor
  Zhou Ying   Li Fang
 
Editor's Assistant
  Jia Cuiping   Yin Yue   Zhao Wei (7)
 
Props Designer
  Chen Hongbo
 
Props
  Shi Hualin   Huang Kai (3)   Fang Xiaolong (2)
  Gao Yugui   Wu Qingtao
 
Set Decorator
  Zhao Zufei   Shi Zhixiang   Li Xingqi
 
Sound Recordist
  Wang Danrong
 
Composer
  Klaus Badelt
 
Assistant Martial Arts Director
  Kang Jingqi
 
Presenter
  Yang Buting   Chen Hong   Hu Lan
  Etchie Stroh   Song Dai
 
Senior Producer
  Jiang Tao   Chen Rao
 
Lead Producer
  Han Sanping   Chen Hong   Etchie Stroh
 
Chief Planner
  Dan Zeng   Shi Dongming
 
Planning
  Xu Jianhai
 
Production Coordinator
  Deng Meng
 
Project Manager
  Er Yong
 
Unit Production Manager
  Zheng Xiaoming (3)   Chen Rao
 
Still Photographer
  Piggy Chan Kam-Chuen   Yu Jie (5)
 
Visual Effects
  Centro Digital Pictures Ltd.
 
Visual Effects Supervisor
  John Chu Ka-Yan
 
Visual Effects Director
  Frankie Chung Chi-Hang   Don Ma Wing-On   Tam Kai-Kwan
 
Visual Effects Coordinator
  Cecil Cheng Man-Ching
 
Sound Post-Production Studio
  Soundfirm Australia
 
Re-Recording Mixer
  Roger Savage   Meng Peicong
 
Sound Effects Designer
  Roger Savage
 
Sound Effects Editor
  Gavin Myers   Glenn Newnham
 
Filming Location
  China
 
 
Summary
  Synopsis: This epic fantasy revolves around a love triangle between a general, a princess and a slave. A young woman (played by Cecilia Cheung) is the most beautiful princess in the world. Spoiled by the King, she lives a life of extreme luxury. But this life comes with a price in that she will never enjoy true love unless time can flow backwards and the dead can come back to life. The slave (played by Korean actor Jang Dong-Gun), who is sincerely in love with her, uses his ability to run "faster than the wind" to break the chain that fate has put on her. Chen Kaige's Wu Ji (literally title: Infinity, English title: The Promise), is a mega budget fantasy film with an all-star cast, starring Cecilia Cheung, Jang Dong-Gun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Liu Ye, Nicholas Tse, Chen Hong and Cheng Qian.