Summaries

Empowered by the love of a slave (Jang), a royal concubine (Cheung) is given the chance to make an extraordinary decision.

When the world was young, a Kingdom lay between the Land of Snow and the Barbarian Territory where gods and men lived side-by-side and promises were lies. When poor, starving orphaned girl Qingcheng meets Goddess Manshen, she agrees 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, 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 General Guangming. When Snow Wolf saves Kunlun and brings him to the Land of Snow, he recollects his childhood when his mother and sister were killed by the evil Wuhuan. Kunlun decides to return to the Kingdom to face Wuhuan and fight for his love.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

An orphaned girl, driven by poverty at a very young age, makes a deal with an enchantress: in return for beauty and the admiration of every man, she will never be with the man she loves. This spell cannot be broken unless the impossible happens: snow falling in spring and the dead coming back to life. Now a grown, beautiful princess, she regrets her promise, for all of the men she's loved have met with tragedy. Now in love with a man behind red armor and a golden mask who rescues her from death, she is tormented by their inevitable parting. Meanwhile, Kunlun, the slave of a great general, is searching for the lost memories of a family he once had. Soon the fate of these two intertwine when the princess believes the general to be her hero, thus pulling him into this web of fate. What end will befallen our three characters? Are their fates already sealed by a higher power, or can they still choose a life they want?—Ploy P.

Details

Keywords
  • love
  • slave
  • princess
  • general
  • wuxia action
Genres
  • Action
  • Fantasy
  • Drama
Release date Dec 14, 2005
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG-13
Countries of origin United States China South Korea
Language Mandarin
Filming locations Hengdian World Studios, Heng Dian, China
Production companies China Film Group Corporation (CFGC) 21 Century Shengkai Film Capgen Investment Group

Box office

Budget $60000000
Gross US & Canada $669625
Opening weekend US & Canada $272838
Gross worldwide $30995924

Tech specs

Runtime 2h 1m
Color Color
Sound mix DTS Dolby Digital SDDS
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

All Filters