Ashes of Time (1994) on Netflix
In exile beside a desert town, Ouyang Feng pairs hired swordsmen with clients who pay to have someone killed. A prince, Murong Yang, wants Huang Yaoshi dead over a broken marriage pledge.
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Plot summary
Ouyang Feng has left his hometown and settled beside a desert town, where he earns a living putting hired swordsmen in touch with people who want someone killed. Each year at Jingzhe his friend Huang Yaoshi arrives for a visit. On one of those visits Huang carries a jar of wine named Zui Sheng Meng Si, said to wipe out all memory, and hands it over as a gift from another person. Ouyang does not touch it; Huang drinks and leaves early the following morning. A month later Huang goes to the home of the Blind Swordsman and meets the man's wife, Peach Blossom. Murong Yang, a prince of the fallen Yan kingdom, then comes to the inn and asks that Huang be killed, saying he broke a pledge of marriage to his sister, Murong Yin.
Cast
- 白丽as Hong Qi's wife
- Li Baias Hung Chi's Wife
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Ashes of Time (1994)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- While Ashes of Time was stuck in a long-delayed production, Wong Kar-wai made a parody of the same Jin Yong novel using much of the same cast in different roles, titled The Eagle Shooting Heroes.
- Wong Kar-wai re-edited and re-scored the film in 2008 using negatives gathered from around the world, releasing it as Ashes of Time Redux and cutting it from 100 to 93 minutes.
- The 2008 redux version of Ashes of Time adds cello solos by Yo-Yo Ma to the score composed by Frankie Chan and Roel A. García.
