When circumstances force an outlaw to impersonate a county governor and clean up a corrupt town, the Robin Hood figure finds himself in a showdown with the local godfather.

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Film Cast:

• Pocky Zhang: Jiang Wen
• Huang Silang: Chow Yun-fat
• Old Tang: Ge You
• Magistrate’s wife: Carina Lau
• The Second: Shao Bing
• The Third: Liao Fan
• The Four: Du Yiheng
• The Five: Jing Li
• The Six: Zhang Mo
• The Seven: Xiao Wei
• Sister Hua: Zhou Yun
• Huwan: Chen Kun
• Master Wu: Jiang Wu
• Master Tang: Feng Xiaogang
• Fake Zhang Mazi: Hu Jun
• Hu Qian: Yao Lu
• Mabond’s ex-wife: Miao Pu
• Daiyu Qingwenzi: Michelle Bai
• Hu Bai: Yang Qiyu
• …: Yue Hong
• …: Xuan Xiaoming

Film Crew:

• Editor: Jiang Wen
• Producer: Albert Lee
• Producer: Homber Yin
• Screenplay: Li Bukong
• Producer: Zhao Haicheng
• Executive Producer: Ma Ke
• Screenplay: Xiao Wei
• Editor: Wei Jie Cao
• Original Music Composer: Joe Hisaishi
• Executive Producer: Albert Yeung
• Original Music Composer: Nan Shu
• Production Design: Yi Guang Gao
• Screenplay: Zhu Sujin
• Producer: Barbie Tung Wan-Si
• Screenplay: Shu Ping
• Production Design: Eddie Wong
• Production Design: Qing Hua Yu
• Costume Design: William Chang Suk-Ping
• Director of Photography: Zhao Fei
• Screenplay: Guo Junli
• Sound Designer: Gang Wang
• Foley Artist: Liu Yuting

Movie Reviews:

• badelf: This movie might actually be my first Chinese spaghetti western. It’s very funny and highly satirical, typical of Jiang Wen. At first, I thought it was going to be a lot like Mel Brooks’ “Blazing Saddles”, and in some respects it is. But really, it’s a good deal more sophisticated than that.
• The plot is almost like a chess game between two brilliant strategists. I understand, from one Chinese reviewer, that the film has a lot of double entendres and puns in Chinese that we are missing without it being our first language. This is an incredible movie, even with half of it lost in translation. I can only imagine that it’s absolutely brilliant in Chinese.
• Warning: The pacing is super fast and the plot is extremely complicated. Be prepared to pause the film and back up.