Shadow

Shadow

  • Director: Yimou Zhang
  • Writer: Wei Li,Yimou Zhang,Sujin Zhu
  • Countries of origin: China, Hong Kong
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Release date: September 30, 2018
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Surround 7.1
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Vô Ảnh
  • "Shadow" is a martial arts action film jointly produced by LeTV Shadow Industry (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Tencent Shadow Industry Culture Communication Co. , Ltd. , and Perfect Wayshow Entertainment (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd., directed by Zhang Yimou , Chao Deng , Sun Li , Ryan , Wang Qianyuan , Hu Jun , Jingchun , Guan Xiaotong , Leo and other stars   .
    The film tells the story of a small person who has been secretly imprisoned since the age of eight. On September 6, 2018, the film premiered at the Shadow Festival in Venice   , and was officially released in mainland China on September 30 of the same year   .
    July 2018, the film shortlisted 75th Venice International Film Festival Competition screening unit and 43rd Toronto International Festival Shadow electric main screening unit, were held international and North American premiere premiere   . The film won the 55th Taiwan Shadow Golden Horse Awards for Best Director, Best Visual Effects, Best Art Design, and Best Modeling Design Awards   .

    Details

    • Release date September 30, 2018
    • Filming locations Hubei, China
    • Production companies Perfect Village Entertainment, Le Vision Pictures, Shanghai Tencent Pictures Culture Media

    Box office

    Budget

    CN¥300,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $521,396

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $27,474

    Gross worldwide

    $91,708,374

    Movie reviews

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    • By Theron 2022-04-24 07:01:22

      What intriguing details are there in "Shadow"?

      Detail 1: The first shot of Xiao Ai and the shadow when they were resting. The governor made a scar on the shadow in the secret room, and then the shadow and Xiao Ai walked out of the secret room to sleep. There is a scene where Xiao Ai is given a rest first, and then the shadow is given. These two scenes are dark on both sides and there is no other scene. The two people seen are in the center of the line of sight, and the two people occupy a very small area of ​​the entire scene frame. In...

    • By Aniyah 2022-04-24 07:01:22

      What intriguing details are there in "Shadow"? Conjecture of the ending: Jingzhou is king

      In "Shadow", Zhang Yimou used his unique visual taste to create a cold and dark world with misty rain, mountains and deep valleys, and infatuated with trickery for us. There is no color in the whole film, only black and white and gray, but it does not affect the expression of emotions in the picture at all: ethereal, oppressive, intense, cold, warm, cruel.

      Tai chi yin yang,...

    • By Marcelle 2022-04-24 07:01:22

      Zhang Yimou's history is always different from that of normal humans

      Tonight I watched Zhang Yimou's great new work "Shadow". I watched it on iQIYI, but I didn’t dare to go to the cinema, because Master Zhang’s literary films have surpassed the cognition of normal human beings since the beginning of “Wuji”. This film is told in the background of the Three Kingdoms, and I dare not watch it in the cinema, because I am afraid that Liang will blind my custom-made titanium alloy dog ​​eyes.

      Sure enough, Director Zhang's view of history is comparable to the...

    • By Clarabelle 2022-04-24 07:01:22

      Ziyu lost and Jingzhou did not win

      Nine points and one point are deducted for the plot is too natural and the conflict is too superficial. It is the best movie in the recent theaters. It is the greatest disrespect to the director to disagree with every one or two star film review that is not objective enough.

      The plot is a very simple story with very linear logic, so every reversal can be guessed, but the fullness of the actors' acting skills and the hardware of the national teacher make these reversals freely...

    • By Ransom 2022-04-24 07:01:22

      Without these two words, "Shadow" will never be able to talk about Chinese aesthetics

      Is "Shadow" an aesthetic advancement of Zhang Yimou? Regrettably, it is not.

      Since Venice, "Shadow" has started to sell "Chinese aesthetics" with icons such as ink, yin and yang, and Tai Chi. The public's response is also estimated to be very similar to Zhang Yimou's intention. It is generally said that he has abandoned the large color block and high-purity explosion aesthetics of the "Golden Armor" era, and obtained nutrients from the traditional Chinese visual...

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    • By Zack 2023-09-26 17:47:42

      1. Zhang Yimou has successfully created a world of classical China that is far better than the imagination of his previous works. Instead of blindly pursuing grandeur and glamour, he has made a complete breakthrough in himself. 2. The rewriting of the fusion of symbols and artistic conception of Chinese culture: black and white and gray ink images and clothing, blood stains in gray. The Taiji diagram in the hazy rain and fog, the confrontation between the umbrella and the knife, the synergy of...

    • By Morgan 2023-09-11 18:19:12

      Who said that a young girl is a country girl? Watching my mother-in-law team writhing and twisting holding an umbrella, they wiped out a wolf warrior...

    • By Ima 2023-09-04 01:45:51

      It's not an art film in essence, it's still a genre film, but it should be Zhang Yimou's best film since "Hero". I'm quite curious, why everyone pointed at Tsui Hark's Transformers-style stacking special effects and said "so imaginative", the design and use of the Pei Umbrella in this film is beautiful and paradoxical, is this the imagination?...

    • By Daron 2023-09-03 03:25:53

      The blood in the film is a little uncomfortable, the black and white ink painting is beautiful, the story is quite simple, and the sense of proportion of several main characters is well received. I didn't expect Deng Chao to make himself green in the film. Young and beautiful is not bad, Zheng Kai praised it, but Wu Lue's lines are not good. Wang Qianyuan's lead dance is soft and weird, and wants to...

    • By Stuart 2023-08-20 16:00:52

      The picture is so beautiful. I really like it so much. I really like the acting of the super brother. I have nothing to...

    Movie plot

    This is a story about a stand-in. Doubles have existed since ancient times, and they are called "Shadows". If there is an assassination, there will be a shadow child. The shadow child must stand up at a critical moment and win back his master's life; the shadow child must be one with the real body, making it difficult to distinguish between true and false like twins. Regarding the ins and outs of Shadow, the real body has never been...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    The film took the filming process into a documentary " Zhang Yimou and his "Shadow", " which was simultaneously presented to the audience   .
    In the film, Chao Deng challenges two roles, one strong and the other thin, with a weight difference of 40 kg   .
    Ryan practiced calligraphy hard before joining the group, and went to Shichahai, Beijing to practice calligraphy with the old man on the ground...
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    Script casting

    After Zhang Yimou watched Wind Man 's " Shadow Warrior ", he wanted to make a story about a "stand-in" in ancient China. "Shadow" was originally inspired by Zhu Sujin 's "Three Kingdoms·Jingzhou", and the story is more straightforward. The original script of "Shadow" has nothing to do with the "stand-in". About half a year to a year after the establishment of the project, the theme of "substitute" was determined. In the final story,...
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    Shooting process

    On March 18, 2017, the film was officially launched at the Shadow Base in Huairou, Beijing ; the crew ended the shooting in Beijing in mid-May and moved to Xianning, Hubei Province to shoot location. The crew went to Qianshan Forest Park Zhuhai and Chibi. Shooting in Zhuhai Suiyang, Qujiawan Ancient Town in Honghu, Hubei, and Xingzhuhai, Xian’an, went to Qujiawan Ancient Town, Honghu, Hubei for location shooting on May 24; on May 26,...
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    Costume design

    The costume designer Chen Minzheng and the team spent 9 months just drawing pictures for the characters. In the beginning, the positioning of the Shadow film was colored, but the director wanted to try a variety of human images. So, he drew some color-extracted character pictures with saturation ranging from 30% to 50%, and then discussed with the director. Finally, the director wanted to try colorless ones, and made a batch of black,...
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    Propaganda

    On June 19, 2017, the film released four starring stills for the first time   . On November 5 of the same year, Ryan posted a set of stills on Weibo   .
    On March 1, 2018, the film party released the "Dual" poster   . On June 1st of the same year, the film studio released the first trailer for the "Authority Not Lost" version from the perspective of Ziyu   . On June 17, the film crew released three ink-and-wash posters: "Shadow",...
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    Evaluation action

    "Shadow" is a Zen-like martial arts man who explores personal consciousness. "Shadow" is moist, as if growing out of water, with a strong texture of a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. The film’s narrative is simple and clear, but it also has relatively profound ethical expressions. The storytelling has both the genes of Eastern opera and the methods of Western theater. The first half and the second half are silent and...
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    Movie quotes

    • Zi Yu: They say a pup taken at birth can find its birthplace by tracing the scent.

    • Xiao Ai: Some things don't have a right or wrong. What's done is done.

    • Zi Yu: Without the real, there can be no shadow. A principle no one's understood.