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Synopsis: When the world was young, laid a Kingdom between the Land of Snow and the Barbarian Territory where gods and men lived side by side and promises were lies. When the poor and starving orphaned girl Qingcheng meets the Goddess Manshen, she accepts to become the wealthy beauty of beauties with the curse that she would lose every man she loves, unless three things happen: snow falls in the spring, time moves backwards and the dead comes back to life. Years later, the slave Kunlun helps the Great General Master of the Crimson Armor Guangming to defeat a barbarian army with almost seven times more warriors, and Kunlun becomes his slave. When Guangming is wounded, he asks Kunlun to wear his armor and save the king from the cruel Duke of the North Wuhuan that put the Imperial City under siege with his army. However, Kunlun kills the king to save Princess Qingcheng and promises her to never let her die. Princess Qingcheng falls in love for the man of the crimson armor that she believes is Gener
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Director(s): Kaige Chen
Production: Warner Independent Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
53
Rotten Tomatoes:
31%
PG-13
Year:
2005
121 min
$632,879
Website
223 Views


Someone told you Guangming is coming?

If he were about to arrive

would I still be sitting here exchanging pleasantries with you?

I sacrificed my cherished desire

to kill your favorite general myself

and sent the swiftest assassin in the world

Were you hoping to be rescued?

The people's hero is a dead man as we speak!

Let me through!

Would anyone like to know what I am wearing underneath this garment?

If so, put down your weapons

It's working! Strip!

Keep stripping!

Would you like to know

what is underneath this layer?

If so, pick up your weapons again and aim them at that heartless man!

What are you all doing?

You betray me?

My rescuer comes!

My great General Guangming is here!

You have shamed me, I shall kill you!

I shall kill you!

You?

He has killed the King!

Keep Going!

General Guangming

Don't think that because you saved my life

I shall be obliged to stay with you

From the moment the King turned against me

My mind was made up

I shall never again let a man possess me

I have had enough

If you take one more step I shall jump

You must not die, you must go on living

You must not die, you must go on living

Great General, I do admire you

It took me a year's planning

to get to the Princess

from the North Pole to the Palace.

Yet you managed to abduct her in a matter of minutes!

It never occurred to me to kill the King

But you did it without batting an eyelid

What imagination, Great General!

The King's favorite becomes his murderer!

You have always known how to reach for the stars

You are utterly ruthless

As long as you are alive

I can only be second best not just on the battle field,

but in the hearts of the people

It's over. There is no way out for you.

What will they think of you now.

the King's assassin?

Here's a proposal if you are willing to jump off the cliff

I shall let Qingcheng live

Not that you would ever die for another

Because you... You are even more ruthless than I am

Keep your word and I'll jump

I, Wuhuan, am not usually a man of my word

but I'll make an exception this once

General!

Remember Qingcheng, every man you ever love

you will lose...

Welcome! Welcome!

How do you like my golden birdcage?

Is this where we are going to spend the night?

Did you think I brought you here to be my consort?

You cannot seduce me

No?

I thought you would be grateful

If it weren't for me

you would never have tasted such true and exquisite love

Pity it was only for an instant

Where is your beloved now?

Because of you, "He is dead!

Put it on, my caged bird!

Traitor! Assassin!

Let's go!

Hang him up, let him die here!

Think you could hide from us in the forest?

If you hadn't been our general

We would have killed you ten times over!

Leave him here to feed the wolves

General

In order to claim victory,

you sacrificed 133 innocent slaves

This, I understand

But to kill the King for a woman?

This, I cannot fathom

Yeli, it wasn't me who killed the King

You are the only man in the world who would dare do such a thing

If this is your opinion

just deliver me to Wuhuan?

Go ahead!

You have lost everything because of your recklessness

Who says I have lost everything?

I have lost nothing!

You have lost your bet lt wasn't me who killed the King

I never said it was you

All I said was

The Master of the Crimson Armor would kill the King

I am the Master of the Crimson Armor

Not anymore

You don't have to believe me but your destiny will not be altered

You are innocent

yet you have been forced to bear the blame for the King's death

Fate works in mysterious ways

There are more losses to come

and there is nothing you can do to stop them

Soon you will lose even your cherished armor

and be left with nothing

There will be a new Master of the Crimson Armor

He alone will be the authentic god of war

And he alone will be loved by Qingcheng, beauty of beauties

When the blossoms of the cherry tree all have fallen

When sun and moon appear side by side

Qingcheng's true love will come to her

I want to have another wager with you

I say I will retain my armor

And win the love of this Qingcheng!

General, I love your confidence

Such a shame...

Master, it was me who killed the King

Why did you do it?

I saw a man with a sword about to kill a woman

Because of a woman

You disobeyed my order?

You deserve to die

but not just yet

Go find this Qingcheng and bring her to me

I will find her, Master

Give me back my armor

Yes, Master

Kunlun! What are you waiting for?

Through that door and we'll be free!

Who is he?

I also want to know

He must be from the Land of Snow...

Wait!

He is mad!

Are you saying that Guangming deceived me

with nothing more than a switch of armor?

And the one who pretended to be him was his slave?

And I was outwitted by this slave?

So you are the true assassin!

What is that in your hand?

My Lord, please examine this

The feather is mine!

Yours?

As a slave,

even your life is not your own.

They have stained my fan

Take him away!

You do understand why they had to die don't you?

Now that they are gone

Nobody will know who really killed the King

Still, you had better deal with the slave as well

When he is dead

the people will condemn Guangming as the assassin

You were the only one who could have killed the general

But you failed me in that mission

If now you refuse to kill your countryman

I shall have to take back my cloak

and you will simply vanish into thin air

Yes, Master

I managed to untie myself but there is no exit

Will you help me find away out?

Come back up here

and I will show you the way

You said I came from the Land of Snow

You said you would not kill me

If I don't kill you, I will be killed!

Don't kill me. I'll help you escape

Aren't you worried I'll try to kill you again?

You won't

You have great trust. You really are from the Land of Snow

We found a piece of his cloak

Where is he?

He has disappeared with the slave

Traitor!

Why did you kill the King for me?

Why did you jump off the cliff?

Why are you so kind to me?

Because I want you to fall in love with me

I cannot fall in love with anybody

But you already have, with me

Who are you really?

He is my slave

Master, I am back

He saved our lives

He is my slave. That is his duty

There?

Kiss me

Are you afraid I would push you away again?

Sleep well

Wait!

Wait!

You...Where do you think you are going?

Where are you going?

I must leave you

Why?

I tell you a secret

It's my destiny to lose every man I love

I cannot change it unless time flows backwards

river reverses its flow

and the dead comes back to life

Let what's passed between us stay in our memory

Let you, let me savor the fleeting kiss that we shared.

You deceived me!

Kunlun!

Kill her!

I cannot change my destiny, Kunlun

But you can learn to make up your own mind

When you know

whether or not you should strike

come and find me

Go then!

But I can promise you

when the last of the cherry blossoms all have fallen

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