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The Promise is a 2005 Chinese epic fantasy film directed by Chen Kaige, starring Jang Dong-gun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cecilia Cheung, and Nicholas Tse. It is loosely adapted from The Kunlun Slave, a wuxia romance story written by Pei Xing in the ninth century during the Tang dynasty. Responses to the film were mainly mixed to negative.
Original Release
12/15/2005
US Release
05/05/2006
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Hiroyuki Sanada | General Guangming |
| Dong-gun Jang | Kunlun |
| Cecilia Cheung | Princess Qingcheng |
| Nicholas Tse | Wuhuan |
| Ye Liu | Snow Wolf |
| Qian Po | One-Eye |
| Calvin Yu | Ye Li |
| Qian Cheng | The Emperor |
| Shi Lei | Young Wuhuan |
| Xiaotong Guan | Young Qingcheng |
Directors
Writers
Kaige Chen, Tan Cheung, Zhang Nan
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Hiroyuki Sanada | General Guangming |
| Dong-gun Jang | Kunlun |
| Cecilia Cheung | Princess Qingcheng |
| Nicholas Tse | Wuhuan |
| Ye Liu | Snow Wolf |
| Qian Po | One-Eye |
| Calvin Yu | Ye Li |
| Qian Cheng | The Emperor |
| Shi Lei | Young Wuhuan |
| Xiaotong Guan | Young Qingcheng |
| Chun-Xiao | Princess Qingcheng (voice) / Princess Qingcheng / The Emperer |
| Peng Lu | General in red |
| Anthony Brandon Wong | (voice) (as Anthony Wong) |
| Hong Chen | Goddess Manshen |
| Martha Caldera | Wuhan |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Buting Yang | Executive Producer |
| Hong Chen | Producer |
| Sanping Han | Producer |
| Dong-Joo Kim | Producer |
| Dong-ming Shi | Producer |
| Ernst Etchie Stroh | Producer |
| Wang Zhang | Producer |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2006 | Golden Globe | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |
