The Promise 2005
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 121 minutes
- Director
- Chen Kaige
- Networks
- 21 Century Shengkai Film, Capgen Investment Group, Moonstone Entertainment
- Where to Stream
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
What is The Promise?
Task: Write a 150-190 word factual overview of the film "The Promise" (2005). Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
- Type
- Film
- Year
- 2005
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 121 minutes
- Release date
- Dec 15, 2005
- Original language
- ZH
- Origin
- China, Hong Kong, United States of America
- Studios
- 21 Century Shengkai Film, Capgen Investment Group, Moonstone Entertainment
- Revenue
- $30,995,924
- Genres
- Fantasy, Drama, Action, Thriller
- Updated
At a glance
- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 5.6/10 from 135 votes
- Episode runtime
- ~121 minutes
- Status
- Released
- Networks
- 21 Century Shengkai Film, Capgen Investment Group, Moonstone Entertainment
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Task: Write a 150-190 word factual overview of the film "The Promise" (2005).
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Constraints:
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No invented/guessed titles, names, dates, episode counts, awards, ratings, box-office, viewership, or plot points.
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Word count: 150-190 words.
Title: The Promise (2005) / 无极 (Wu Ji).
Director: Chen Kaige.
Cast: Jang Dong-gun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse.
Genre: Chinese epic fantasy, Fantasy, Drama, Action, Thriller, Romance.
Source material: Loosely adapted from The Kunlun Slave, a ninth-century wuxia romance story by Pei Xing.
Release info: 05/05/2006 (US).
Runtime: 2h 1m.
Rating: PG-13.
Plot:
An orphaned girl, driven by poverty at a young age, makes a promise with an enchantress.
The deal: In return for beauty and the admiration of every man, she will never be with the man she loves.
The condition to
Should you watch it?
“An orphaned girl trades true love for beauty, binding herself to a tragic curse.”
- Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Chen Kaige.
- Features a notable international cast including Jang Dong-gun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cecilia Cheung, and Nicholas Tse.
- Loosely adapted from a classic ninth-century wuxia romance story by Pei Xing.
- The plot centers on a tragic curse where every man the protagonist loves meets tragedy.
Watch it if you enjoy epic fantasy films based on traditional wuxia romance stories.
The film carries a PG-13 rating and combines fantasy, drama, action, thriller, and romance genres over a runtime of 2 hours and 1 minute.
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It is worth watching for fans of Chen Kaige's direction and epic Chinese fantasy cinema featuring an international cast.
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The feature film has a runtime of 2 hours and 1 minute.
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The Promise is a feature-length film lasting 2 hours and 1 minute rather than an episodic television series.
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