"During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago."
Jet Li
as Nameless
Tony Leung
as Broken Sword
Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk
as Flying Snow
Donnie Yen
as Sky
Zhang Ziyi
as Moon
Chen Daoming
as King of Qin
Liu Zhongyuan
as Old Scholar
Zheng Tianyong
as Old Servant
Qin Yan
as Prime Minister
Zhang Yakun
as The Qin Guards' Commander
James Hong
as Qin Emperor (voice)
Chang Xiao Yang
as General
Jin Ming
as Eunuch
Ma Wen Hua
as Head Eunuch
Shou Xin Wang
as Musician
Xu Kuang Hua
as Pianist
Christopher Doyle
Director of Photography
Tingxiao Huo
Production Design
Zhang Zhenyan
Producer
Zhang Yimou
Author
Director
Bill Kong Chi-Keung
Zhang Weiping
Executive Producer
Bin Wang
Ru Zhai
Editor
Angie Lam On-Yee
Philip Lee
Line Producer
Shoufang Dou
Tan Dun
Original Music Composer
Vincent Lee
Zhenzhou Yi
Jasmine Yuen Carrucan
Assistant Camera
Mark Griffith
Digital Intermediate Colorist
Feng Li
Scenario Writer
Quentin Tarantino
Presenter
Hou Yong
Additional Camera
Emi Wada
Costume Design
Yang Xiao-Hai
Makeup Artist
Ji Wei-Hua
Kwan Lee-Na
Yang Shu-Dong
Tony Ching Siu-Tung
Stunts
Faye Wong
Songs
Zhang Jin
Jack Wong Wai-Leung
Choreographer
Stephen Tung