The Banquet, released on DVD in the United States as Legend of the Black Scorpion, is a 2006 Chinese wuxia drama film. The film was directed by Feng Xiaogang and stars Zhang Ziyi, Ge You, Daniel Wu and Zhou Xun. It is a loose adaption of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet and Henrik Ibsen's play Ghosts, featuring themes of revenge and fate. It is set in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in 10th century China.
The Banquet (2006)
Directed by Xiaogang Feng
Genres - Action-Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History, Romance |
Release Date - Sep 14, 2006 |
Run Time - 131 min. |
Description by Wikipedia
Movie Info
Budget
$15,000,000
Box Office
$22,598,764
Themes
Tags
China, Feng Xiaogang, Five Dynasties, Hamlet, Henrik Ibsen, Ten Kingdoms, United States
Attributes
Narrative Location: China
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A bankett
HU
Banket
HR, RS
Banquet: 100 dni cesarza
PL
Dạ Yến
VN
Deipno dolofonon
GR
Der Ruf des Kaisers
DE
Ha'neshef
IL
Inimigos do Império
BR, PT
La légende du scorpion noir
BE
La Légende du scorpion noir
FR
Legend of the Black Scorpion
US
Mustan skorpionin legenda
FI
The Banquet
CA, DE, NL, NO, ES, GB, US
The Empress
DK, FI, SE
The Legend of the Black Scorpion
NL
Ye yan
CN, US
Банкетът
BG
Убить императора
RU
夜宴
CN, HK, NL, TW
女帝 エンペラー
JP