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Life and intrigue in an ancient Chinese court.
Set during China's Three Kingdoms era (AD 220-280). The story of a great king and his people, who will be expelled from their homeland and will aspire to claim it. The king, violent and ambitious, of mysterious methods and motives; his general, a visionary who yearns to win the final battle but needs to prepare his plans in secret; the women of the palace, who struggle to find redemption in a world where they have no place; and a commoner called "Lord of all the world", will be the characters around who turn the inexorable forces of this story.
Cast
- Li Sunas Madam (Wife of Commander Yu)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Shadow (2018)
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- For Shadow's ink-painting look, director Zhang Yimou had the costumes, props and scenes rendered in black and white, deliberately not pure black and white, and shot most scenes on real rainy days, controlling the colours physically instead of fading them out with a computer.
- Zhang Yimou had wanted to try the Chinese ink-painting look he used in Shadow for years before he finally made the film.
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