Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 12/30/05 LA 05/05/06 Limited Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for stylized violence and martial arts action, and some sexual content Running Time 1 hour 42 minutes Genre Foreign, Drama, Action Director Chen Kaige Writer Chen Kaige, Zhang Tan Cast Hiroyuki Sanada, Jang Dong-Kun, Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Liu Ye Studio Warner Independent Pictures |
THE PROMISE
SYNOPSIS
A romantic tale of love, loyalty, ambition and destiny,
The Promise marks acclaimed director Chen
Kaige's foray into the martial arts fantasy genre.
Richly imagined and breathtakingly realized, the film
follows the intertwined fates of a beautiful princess
and the three men who fall in love with her: a
general, his slave, and a rival Duke. Unbeknownst to
the men, the princess made a pact with a goddess
in her youth where she forsake the prospect of true
love for The Promise of riches and power. Any man
she loves, she will lose, a bargain which has
hitherto bore no consequence for the princess, as
haughty as she is lovely.
But when a slave -- disguised as a mighty general -
defends first her honor and then her life with
unflinching valor, the princess feels something stir
within her for the first time. With the awakening of
passion, she realizes with dread what destiny holds
for her.
Enslaved to the fate that has befallen them, only the
truest love of all can alter the course of their
destiny…
--© Warner Independent Pictures
A romantic tale of love, loyalty, ambition and destiny,
The Promise marks acclaimed director Chen
Kaige's foray into the martial arts fantasy genre.
Richly imagined and breathtakingly realized, the film
follows the intertwined fates of a beautiful princess
and the three men who fall in love with her: a
general, his slave, and a rival Duke. Unbeknownst to
the men, the princess made a pact with a goddess
in her youth where she forsake the prospect of true
love for The Promise of riches and power. Any man
she loves, she will lose, a bargain which has
hitherto bore no consequence for the princess, as
haughty as she is lovely.
But when a slave -- disguised as a mighty general -
defends first her honor and then her life with
unflinching valor, the princess feels something stir
within her for the first time. With the awakening of
passion, she realizes with dread what destiny holds
for her.
Enslaved to the fate that has befallen them, only the
truest love of all can alter the course of their
destiny…
--© Warner Independent Pictures
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