The Promise (2005 film)
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| Traditional Chinese | 無極 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 无极 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | limitless | ||||||
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| Directed by | Chen Kaige | ||||||
| Written by | Chen Kaige Charcoal Tan | ||||||
| Produced by | Chen Kaige Jiang Tao Chen Rao | ||||||
| Starring | Jang Dong-gun Hiroyuki Sanada Cecilia Cheung Nicholas Tse Liu Ye Chen Hong | ||||||
| Cinematography | Peter Pau Choi Shung-fai | ||||||
| Edited by | Li Fang Zhou Ying | ||||||
| Music by | Klaus Badelt | ||||||
Production companies | China Film Group Corporation Beijing Film Beijing 21st Century Shengkai Ltd. Capgen Investment Group Moonstone Entertainment Inc. | ||||||
| Distributed by | China Film Group Corporation | ||||||
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Running time | 128 minutes | ||||||
| Country | China | ||||||
| Language | Mandarin | ||||||
| Budget | $35 million | ||||||
| Box office | $31 million | ||||||
The Promise is a 2005 Chinese epic fantasy film directed by Chen Kaige, starring Jang Dong-gun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cecilia Cheung, and Nicholas Tse. It is loosely adapted from The Kunlun Slave, a wuxia romance story written by Pei Xing in the ninth century during the Tang dynasty. Responses to the film were mainly mixed to negative.