Ye yan (2006)
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- Not Rated
- 2h 11min
- Action, Drama
- 14 Sep 2006 (Hong Kong)
- Movie
A loose adaptation of Hamlet, "The Night Banquet" is set in an empire in chaos. The Emperor, the Empress, the Crown Prince, the Minister and the General all have their own enemies they would like to finish off at a night banquet.
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Awards:
- 10 wins & 25 nominations.
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Cast
| Ziyi Zhang | ... |
Empress Wan
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| You Ge | ... |
Emperor Li
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| Daniel Wu | ... |
Prince Wu Luan
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| Xun Zhou | ... |
Qing Nu
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Jingwu Ma | ... |
Minister Yin Taichang
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| Xiaoming Huang | ... |
General Yin Sun
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Zhonghe Zhou | ... |
Chamberlain
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Qiusheng Zeng | ... |
Governor Pei Hong
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Xiyan Xu | ... |
Ling
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Yanbin Liu | ... |
Messenger
(as Liu Yanbin)
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| Lun Ma | ... |
Pharmacist
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Xiang Bin | ... |
Imperial Guard
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Chunyu Zheng | ... |
Imperial Guard
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Bing Bo | ... |
Executioner
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Kai Cui | ... |
Dancer
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Jingyi Du | ... |
Dancer
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Ho Fei | ... |
Dancer
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Tieyong Liu | ... |
Gouvernment Secretary
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Dai Ming |
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Siwei Ou | ... |
Dancer
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| Bo Peng |
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Aaron C. Shang | ... |
Jiang Lei
(as Aaron Shang)
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Atsushi Takita | ... |
Dancer
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Yusuke Tuyomi | ... |
Dancer
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Yubo Wang | ... |
Red Laced Dancer
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Jianhai Wei | ... |
White Laced Dancer
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Liang Zhan | ... |
Dancer
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Nan Zhang | ... |
Jocker
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Directed by
| Xiaogang Feng | ||
Written by
| Gangjian Qiu | ... | () |
| William Shakespeare | ... | (play "Hamlet") |
| Heyu Sheng | ... | () |
Produced by
| John Chong | ... | producer |
| Lorraine Ho | ... | executive producer |
| Xiaofeng Hu | ... | line producer |
| Shirley Lau | ... | line producer |
| Gangjian Qiu | ... | executive producer |
| Zhongjun Wang | ... | producer |
| Zhonglei Wang | ... | executive producer |
| Woo-Ping Yuen | ... | executive producer |
Music by
| Dun Tan | ||
Cinematography by
| Li Zhang | ||
Editing by
| Miaomiao Liu | ||
Editorial Department
| Steven Delman | ... | digital intermediate colorist (as Steve Delman) |
| Rob Gyorgy | ... | DI editor |
| Heidi Sotiriou | ... | digital intermediate project coordinator (as Heidi Holm) |
Art Direction by
| Tim Yip | ... | (as Timmy Yip) |
Makeup Department
| Siu-Mui Chau | ... | hair stylist (as Chau Siu Mui) |
| Lipin Cheng | ... | assistant hair stylist |
| Ai Ge | ... | assistant makeup artist |
| Congying Hao | ... | assistant makeup artist |
| Lee-Na Kwan | ... | makeup artist (as Kwan Lee Na) |
| Qiuju Liu | ... | assistant hair stylist |
| Huarong Mei | ... | makeup artist |
| Jun Wang | ... | assistant makeup artist |
| Li Wang | ... | assistant makeup artist |
| Yuling Wang | ... | makeup artist |
| An Yang | ... | assistant hair stylist |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Feng Feng | ... | second assistant director |
| Xiaoli Gong | ... | third assistant director |
| Di Huang | ... | second assistant director |
| Yang Wei | ... | third assistant director |
| Xijue Zhang | ... | third assistant director (as Zhang Xinyue) |
| Chunyu Zheng | ... | first assistant director |
Art Department
| Li Ji Qing | ... | assistant art director (as Kingki) |
| Ping Li | ... | cartographer |
| Shuo Liu | ... | assistant art director |
Sound Department
| Sona Balam | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Wai-Leung Chan | ... | foley artist (as Weiliang Chen) |
| Chi-Foon Lee | ... | foley artist (as Zhikuan Li) |
| Juan Lin | ... | assistant sound recording |
| Danrong Wang | ... | sound |
| Bo Wen | ... | sound recordist |
| Nan Zhao | ... | sound editor |
| Ying Zhao | ... | sound |
| Peiji Zheng | ... | foley artist |
Visual Effects by
| Anuj Anand | ... | digital compositor: Technicolor Creative Services, Toronto |
| Jean-François Bachand | ... | digital supervisor: Technicolor Creative Services, Montreal |
| Ioan Balcosi | ... | compositor |
| Reuben Barkataki | ... | compositor |
| Kathryn Bolt | ... | senior compositor |
| Landon Bootsma | ... | digital compositor: Technicolor |
| Kris Brockman | ... | digital compositor: Technicolor Creative Services, Toronto |
| Jeff Bruneel | ... | senior compositor: Technicolor Creative Services, Toronto |
| Izet Buco | ... | roto/prep artist: MPC |
| Stuart Bullen | ... | roto/prep artist |
| Kyle Burris | ... | character technical director: Technicolor Creative Services, Toronto |
| John Cairns | ... | digital compositor |
| Breck Campbell | ... | title designer |
| Kevin Chandoo | ... | title design |
| Paul Chapman | ... | digital compositor |
| Craig Clarke | ... | senior compositor |
| Dug Claxton | ... | digital compositor |
| Anthony De Chellis | ... | animator: Technicolor Creative Services, Toronto |
| Paul DeOliveira | ... | digital compositor: Technicolor Creative Services, Toronto |
| Mike Diltz | ... | digital compositor |
| Gene Dreitser | ... | senior technical director |
| Laura Dubsky | ... | roto/prep artist: MPC |
| Michael Elson | ... | executive producer: MPC |
| Philip English | ... | roto/prep artist: MPC |
| Matt Foster | ... | roto/prep artist: MPC |
| Rob Gennings | ... | animator: Technicolor |
| Brent Paul George | ... | animation director: Technicolor Creative Services, Toronto (as Brent George) |
| Robert Hall | ... | roto/prep artist: MPC |
| Lionel Heath | ... | roto/prep artist: MPC |
| Richard Helliwell | ... | roto/prep artist: MPC |
| Gael Hollard | ... | digital compositor: Technicolor Creative Services, Montreal |
| Vlad Holst | ... | digital artist: MPC |
| Marc Hutchings | ... | roto/prep artist: MPC |
| Garfie James | ... | animator: Technicolor Creative Services, Toronto |
| Yanming Jiang | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Drew Jones | ... | visual effects executive producer: MPC |
| Phil Jones | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Khi-Hyun Kim | ... | visual effects artist |
| Martin Krol | ... | lead modeler: Technicolor Creative Services, Toronto |
| Ryan Kuba | ... | visual effects coordinator: Technicolor Creative Services |
| Emanuel LaFrance | ... | digital compositor: Technicolor Montreal |
| Yann Laliberte | ... | digital compositor |
| Stuart Lashley | ... | visual effects plate supervisor: MPC |
| Claude Lauzon | ... | digital compositor: Technicolor Creative Services, Montreal |
| Tracy Lefler | ... | visual effects production manager: Technicolor |
| John Leonti | ... | digital artist: MPC |
| Brenda Levert | ... | visual effects production manager: Technicolor Creative Services, Vancouver |
| Dany McDonald | ... | production coordinator: Technicolor Creative Services, Montreal |
| Ryan Mcdonald | ... | shader development |
| Alasdair McNeill | ... | roto/prep supervisor: MPC |
| H.M. Mirza | ... | roto/prep artist: MPC (as Humayun Mirza) |
| Ryan Mullany | ... | roto/prep artist |
| Eric Myles | ... | digital compositor: Technicolor Creative Services, Toronto |
| Martin Newcombe | ... | matchmove artist |
| Jordan Nieuwland | ... | matte painter: Technicolor |
| Erik Nordby | ... | lead compositor |
| Jessica Norman | ... | visual effects supervisor: MPC |
| Sean O'Hara | ... | senior compositor: Technicolor Creative Services, Toronto |
| Mike Outlaw | ... | roto/prep artist: MPC |
| Hojin Park | ... | digital compositor: Technicolor, Toronto |
| Jeremy Price | ... | digital compositor: Technicolor Creative Services, Vancouver |
| Persis Reynolds | ... | visual effects producer: Technicolor |
| Becky Roberts | ... | roto/prep coordinator: MPC |
| Ruben I. Salazar | ... | senior compositor: Technicolor Creative Services, Toronto (as Ruben Salazar) |
| Tom Sinnott | ... | operations director: Technicolor Creative Services, Toronto |
| Jason Snea | ... | lead compositor: Technicolor Creative Services, Toronto |
| Julia Stannard | ... | visual effects producer: MPC (as Julia Wigginton) |
| Alexander L. Stephan | ... | effects technical director: Technicolor Creative Services, Toronto (as Alex Stephan) |
| Paul Venn Stirling | ... | prep artist: MPC (as Paul Stirling) / roto artist: MPC (as Paul Stirling) |
| Sean Stranks | ... | digital compositor: Technicolor |
| Michael Tai | ... | visual effects production assistant: Technicolor Creative Services, Toronto |
| David Thompson | ... | digital compositor: Technicolor Creative Services, Toronto (as David C. Thompson) |
| Mark Tureski | ... | film scanning operator |
| Sebastien Veilleux | ... | digital compositor |
| Pat Wakefield | ... | digital compositor |
| Brent Whitmore | ... | digital compositor: Technicolor Creative Services, Toronto |
| Sunny Wong | ... | digital compositor |
| Melody Woodford | ... | match move supervisor & coordinator: MPC |
| Sarah Wormsbecher | ... | visual effects production manager: Technicolor |
| Noel Wright | ... | digital compositor |
| Marusha Xeros | ... | visual effects producer: Technicolor Creative Services, Vancouver |
| Karl Claveria | ... | wire/rig removal (uncredited) |
| Rea Labayen | ... | wire/rig removal (uncredited) |
| Leo Moralina | ... | wire/rig removal (uncredited) |
| Ron Reyes | ... | wire/rig removal (uncredited) |
| Ivee Serna | ... | wire/rig removal (uncredited) |
| Klaus Steden | ... | digital cinema engineer: Technicolor (uncredited) |
Stunts
| Siu-Wah Chan | ... | stunts |
| Hu Chen | ... | stunts |
| Lanji Chen | ... | stunts |
| Meng Meng Chen | ... | stunts |
| Quoqing Deng | ... | stunts |
| Wai-Lun Fung | ... | stunts |
| Yaxi He | ... | stunts |
| Kun Ju | ... | stunts |
| Huen-Chiu Ku | ... | action coordinator |
| Chi Tai Lam | ... | stunts |
| Fangjin Li | ... | stunts |
| Guohai Li | ... | stunts |
| Qingcheng Li | ... | stunts |
| Qingwen Li | ... | stunts |
| Xiang Li | ... | stunts |
| Chi Wah Ling | ... | stunts |
| Ruo Xian Liu | ... | stunts |
| Wei Liu | ... | stunts |
| Yan Liu | ... | stunts |
| Jian Shu | ... | stunts |
| Tengfei Tang | ... | stunts |
| Qiliang Wan | ... | stunts |
| Duan Yu | ... | stunts |
| Cheung-Yan Yuen | ... | action coordinator |
| Shun-Yee Yuen | ... | action coordinator |
| Jin Zhang | ... | stunts |
| Bing Hai Zhu | ... | stunts |
| Yinhua Zhu | ... | stunts |
| Yuanzhang Zhuang | ... | stunts |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Minghui Cao | ... | assistant camera |
| Qiang Chen | ... | assistant camera |
| Bin Du | ... | assistant camera |
| Xiao Er | ... | assistant camera |
| Dou Fei | ... | assistant camera |
| Yu Fei | ... | assistant camera |
| Raymond Lam | ... | camera operator / steadicam operator |
| Bin Li | ... | assistant camera |
| Wang Lian | ... | assistant camera |
| Chen Lu | ... | assistant camera |
| Meng Luo | ... | assistant camera |
| Longwei Shao | ... | assistant camera |
| Lei Wang | ... | assistant camera |
| Qiuhong Xiao | ... | assistant camera |
| Ze Xie | ... | camera operator |
| Mingyue Xu | ... | assistant camera |
| Fujie Zhai | ... | gaffer |
| Zili Zheng | ... | gaffer |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Lu Dan | ... | wardrobe assistant |
| Xiaojun Feng | ... | wardrobe assistant |
| Jin-Hua Gu | ... | wardrobe (as Gu Jinhua) |
| Shu-Chen Hsu | ... | costume supervisor (as Hsu Shu Chen) |
| Bao-Rong Huang | ... | wardrobe (as Huang Baorong) |
| Weili Luo | ... | wardrobe assistant |
| Ji Na | ... | wardrobe assistant |
| Shieh Ying Ying | ... | wardrobe assistant |
| Ming Zhu | ... | wardrobe assistant |
| Xiaolin Zhu | ... | wardrobe assistant |
Music Department
| BBC Concert Orchestra | ... | performed by |
| Liu Ye | ... | composer assistant (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
| Hao Sun | ... | script supervisor |
| Qianning Tao | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
| Chris Besseling | ... | uk marketing executive: metrodome |
| Mike 'Fuzzy' Ellis | ... | vice president of digital film |
| Xiaoqing Gang | ... | accountant |
| Eidan Hanzei | ... | adr voice replacement (as Henry Hayashi) |
| Xiaoping Wang | ... | accountant |
| Yuanyuan Wang | ... | choreographer |
| Riga Wu | ... | equestrian director |
| Woo-Ping Yuen | ... | action choreographer |
| Weihua Zhao | ... | accountant |
Thanks
| Kaitlin Collins | ... | special thanks |
| An Dong | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Alexandra Films (2006) (Bulgaria) (theatrical)
- Buena Vista International (Australia) (2007) (Australia) (theatrical)
- EcoFilmes (2006) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Gaga (2006) (Japan) (theatrical) (as GAGA Communications)
- Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia Company (2006) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
- Metrodome Distribution (2008) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Momentum Pictures (2006) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Momentum Pictures (2006) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Shapira Films (2006) (Israel) (theatrical)
- Shaw Organisation (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- Viva International Pictures (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
- 101 Films (2016) (United Kingdom)
- Atlantic Film (2007) (Sweden) (DVD)
- Dragon Dynasty (2008) (United States) (DVD)
- Dragon Dynasty (2010) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Future Film (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
- Gaga (2007) (Japan) (DVD) (as GAGA Communications)
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
- Star Entertainment (2006) (India)
- StudioCanal (2006) (France)
- StudioCanal (2018) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2011) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
- Beijing Visual Impact Digital Production
- Moving Picture Company (MPC) (digital visual effects)
- Technicolor Creative Services Montreal (visual effects)
- Technicolor Creative Services VFX Toronto (digital intermediate)
- Technicolor Creative Services VFX Vancouver (visual effects)
- Technicolor (visual effects)
Other Companies
- 3U-Studio (music recording studio)
- Cinerent (equipment provided by)
- Deutsche Grammophon (original soundtrack available on)
- Deutsche Grammophon (soundtrack)
- Keypoint & Cinerent Studio (post production sound studio)
- Parnassus Productions Inc. (music production and published by)
- Right Track Recording (music recording studio)
- Shanghai Broadcasting Building No. 3 Studio (music recording studio)
- Shanghai Conservatory of Music (special thanks to)
- Shanghai Opera house Chorus (music performed by)
- Shanghai Percussion Ensemble (music performed by)
- Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (music performed by)
- Sound on Sound (music recording studio)
- Technicolor (digital intermediate)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
In 907 AD, the Tang Dynasty is in tatters; infighting snarls the imperial family. Crown Prince Wu Luan loves Little Wan, but his father takes her as his Empress. Wu Luan goes into exile, studying dance and music. His uncle murders his father, taking throne and Empress; uncle sends assassins to kill Wu Luan. The Crown Prince eludes death and comes to court. The Emperor arranges for Little Wan's coronation and dispatches Wu Luan to a distant land; he then calls for a midnight banquet on the 100th day of his rule. Poison, treachery, Wu Luan's return, and the love of the innocent Qing for Wu Luan set up the final entanglements. No Fortinbras or Horatio lay the dead to rest.
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Box Office
| Budget | $15,000,000 (estimated) |
| Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $22,205,648, 12 Oct 2006 |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | Both Gong Li and Maggie Cheung were originally considered playing the queen's role. When Ziyi Zhang took over the part, the script was rewritten to make the character younger. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Episode dated 10 June 2007 (2007). See more » |
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