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Genre: Swordsman Historical
Duration: 119 minutes
Actors: Kaneshiro Takeshi, Zhang Ziyi, Andy Lau
Release year: 2002
Ten Faces Ambush is a 2004 Chinese and Hong Kong martial arts romance film co-produced. The film is directed by Zhang Yimou and stars Kaneshiro Takeshi, Zhang Ziyi and Andy Lau. Unlike many other martial arts movies, this is more of a love story than a martial arts movie.The film was selected to be submitted to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2004 but was not successful, although it still received a nomination for best cinematography.
Movie Ten Faces ambush is set in ancient China, this time there is a rebel force named Phi Dao Mon rebelling against the imperial court. The first two martial arts officials Kim Bo and Luu Bo, who were close friends, received orders to kill the leader of Phi Dao Mon within 10 days. This is considered a difficult task when no one knows the face of the leader.
Liu arrests Tieu Muoi, a blind girl suspected of being the daughter of the former leader. Kim pretends to be a knight who supports the Phi Dao Mon faction, attacks the prison to rescue Tieu Muoi, in order to gain her trust. While Kim and Tieu Muoi were on their way to the Phi Dao Mon stronghold, Liu led reinforcements to follow them. Unfortunately, Kim and Tieu Muoi fell in love.
To make things more real, Liu had soldiers pretend to ambush the two. Then they were actually ambushed by another group of soldiers. During the secret meeting, Liu explained that the imperial military wanted both Kim and Tieu Muoi to die. A few days later, Kim and Tieu Muoi were ambushed again, but were saved by the Flying Dao Mon faction and brought back to their lair.
In fact, Tieu Muoi is not blind and she is betrothed to Liu, who is revealed to be a member of the Flying Dao Gate. Phi Dao Mon is not afraid of the imperial army, they are just waiting for the time to attack. The heartbroken Liu told Tieu Muoi that he had been waiting for her for 3 years since he became a spy in the court, and asked why she could love Kim in just 3 days, only to hear her reply that she had given her the fruit. heart for Kim.
Liu intended to rape Tieu Muoi, but an older woman threw a knife at Liu's back. Tieu Muoi was ordered to kill Kim because he was a court official, but she released him and refused to run away with him. After a while, Tieu Muoi changed her mind and rode after Kim, she was stabbed by Liu in the chest. Kim discovered Liu and the two men started fighting. A blizzard fell, while the imperial army prepared to attack the Phi Dao Mon stronghold.
A tense situation took place, as a result, Kim and Liu did not die, only Tieu Mieu died, because she pulled the knife from her chest. Luu ran off into the forest while Kim cried over Tieu Muoi's body.