Summary
A young man enters a brothel and sees a staged narration of a Chinese folk tale concerning a female pirate.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 66GoodWatch 64
Letterboxd · 312 ratings3.4/5
IMDb6.3
Running time
1 h 38 min
A typical length for dramas, −11 min on the typical 109
typical 10998Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
2003
October 24, 2003
23 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Italian
Original language
Made in
France
Italy
United Kingdom
45 people
- Bud SpencerOld Captain Andorrano
- Jun IchikawaWidow Ching
- SMSally Ming Zeo NiConfident
- CGCamillo GrassiNostromo
- WLWen Li GuangImperial Dignitary
- CRChen RuohaoImperial Emissary
- DDDavide DragonettiUnaware Customer
- CKCarlene KoMery Red
- STSultan Temir OmarovAdmiral Thin Kwei
- BZBellini ZhengLittle Guiady
- MKMakoto KobayashiAdmiral Ching
- YLYang Li XiangSupremo Ammiraglio Kwo Lang
- GSGaowta Shara AzzoliniPiratessa
- XCXuwu ChenFiglio del Cielo
- JCJiahua ChenPirata
- MCMexiang ChenDonna Musicante
- UCUn Cho SungPirata
- VAVisanu Aliatis CorbiCalico Jack
- QDQuing DiaoGeneral
- MHMiyuki HayakawaMadre di Guary
- He WenhuiPiratessa
- LHLi Hua KaoPiratessa
- HLHuan LiPiratessa
- XLXiang LiGeneral
Directing · 5
- Ermanno Olmi Director, Writer
- Damjian Perovic Second Assistant Director
- Cinzia Liberati Script Supervisor
- Luca Di Molfetta Second Assistant Director
- Gaia Gorrini First Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Jorge Luis Borges Short Story
Production · 23
- Alessandro Calosci Executive Producer
- Daniele Passani Executive Producer
- Ferdinanda Frangipane Executive Producer
- Roberto Cicutto Producer
- Tom Rosenberg Producer
- Luigi Musini Producer
Camera · 9
- Fabio Olmi Director of Photography
- Roberto Josè Cecato Still Photographer
- Claudio Sidotti Second Assistant Camera
- Massimo Montani Grip
- Giordano Spadoni Grip
- Maurizio Benvenuto Key Grip
Editing · 6
- Paolo Cottignola Editor
- Elisabetta Brusatin Assistant Editor
- Max Horton Colorist
- Stefano Quaglia First Assistant Editor
- Jean-Clement Soret Colorist
- Giles Livesey Colorist
Sound · 12
- Han Yong Original Music Composer
- Armando Trivellini Sound Recordist
- John Lenehan Musician
- Susan Monks Musician
- Wang Gouwei Musician
- Ludovico Fulci Musician
Art · 12
- Luigi Marchione Production Design
- Marc'Antonio Brandolini Art Department Assistant
- Marcello Ceccotti Construction Coordinator
- Monica Pirone Set Designer
- Salvatore Alonzo Set Dresser
- Pasquale Germano Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 18
- Francesca Sartori Costume Design
- Giovanna Cecchitelli Seamstress
- Piera Cimino Seamstress
- Vittorio Torrieri Tailor
- Elide d'Angelo Seamstress
- Franca di Legge Seamstress
Visual Effects · 10
- Franco Valenziano Visual Effects Supervisor
- Paolo Lato Visual Effects Producer
- Nicola Scarpinato Visual Effects, CG Artist
- Giulia Lamacchia CG Artist, Visual Effects
- Silvia Buttignon Visual Effects, CG Artist
- Paola Broggi Visual Effects Coordinator
Lighting · 5
- Fabrizio Tramontana Electrician
- Fabio Proserpio Electrician
- Stefano Alessi Electrician
- Elvis Musicco Electrician
- Sergio Verdecchia Genetator Operator
Other crew · 16
- Guendalina Ponti Thanks
- Yang Yu-lin Choreographer
- Armando Valentini Driver
- Luigi Gattoni Driver
- Gabriele Diaferia Visual Effects Art Director
- Elizabeth Richards Post Production Supervisor
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