Master filmmaker Zhang Yimou (House of Flying Daggers) brings a completely original cinematic style to SHADOW, a wuxia epic that fuses next-level fighting sequences with intricate visuals that draw on China's centuries-old tradition of ink-wash painting.
Zhang's film — which played the Toronto International Film Festival in 2018 — once again pushes the boundaries of the wuxia genre to create a swordplay epic like no other. In an empire ruled by a wild and dangerous young king (Zheng Kai) whose court is a hive of politicking and treachery, the monarch’s brave military commander (Deng Chao) has cultivated a secret weapon to aid his survival: a “shadow,” a lookalike who can fool both his enemies and the king himself as the commander prepares for a dangerous final assault against the forces of a rival kingdom.
