Where to Watch Ashes of Time (1994) in the US

What it's about

Ou-yang Feng lives in the middle of a desert, where he acts as a middle man to various swordsmen in ancient China. One of those swordsmen is Huang Yao-shi, who has found some magic wine that causes one to forget the past. At another time, Huang met Mu-rong Yin and under the influence of drink, promised to marry Mu-rong's sister Mu-rong Yang. Huang jilts her, and Mu-rong Yin hires Ou-yang to kill Huang. But then Mu-rong Yang hires Ou-yang to protect Huang. This is awkward, because Mu-rong Yang and Mu-rong Yin are in reality the same person. Other unrelated plot lines careen about. Among them is Ou-yang's continuing efforts to destroy a band of horse thieves. Oy-yang recruits another swordsman, a man who is going blind and wants to get home to see his wife before his sight goes completely. The swordsman is killed. Ou-yang then meets another swordsman who doesn't like wearing shoes. Oy-yang sends this man after the horse thieves, with better results. We then find out what a man must give up to follow the martial path.

Cast and crew

Director

Wong Kar-Wai

Writer

Louis Cha, Wong Kar-Wai

Starring

Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Leslie Cheung

Details

Release date

Sep 17, 1994

Language

Cantonese, Mandarin

Country

Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Japan

Box office

$174,273

Awards

10 wins & 14 nominations total

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