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Hidden Blade
Directed by
Cheng Er
2023
2h 8m
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Follows the story of underground workers who risked their lives to send intelligence and defend the motherland, set after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor when the Wang Jingwei regime declared war on Britain and the U.S.
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Cast of Hidden Blade
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Mr. He
Wang Yibo
Mr. Ye / Theme Song Performance
Zhou Xun
Ms. Chen
Eric Wang Chuanjun
Captain Wang
Huang Lei
Mr. Zhang
Dong Chengpeng
Mr. Tang
Maggie Jiang
Ms. Jiang
Zhang Jingyi
Ms. Fang
Hiroyuki Mori
Watanabe
Cheng Er
Director / Writer
Yu Dong
Producer
Jiang Xiao
Associate Producer
Zhao Haicheng
Producer
Cai Tao
Director Of Photography
Hidden Blade Ratings & Reviews
The China Project
Amarsanaa Battulga
In terms of plotting and scene-setting, Cheng repeats himself a bit too much, and not for the better.
Boston Hassle
Joshua Polanski
It's a gorgeous spy-noir, with hardly a boring composition in it-and yet, I'm not sure I'd jump to recommend it and its empty calories to many.
The Chinese Cinema
Sean Gilman
Cheng Er, in both Hidden Blade and The Wasted Times, is not after suspense but rather mystery: the tension (and fun) of the film lies not in anticipating what comes next, but in trying to figure out what is happening and why.
Los Angeles Times
Noel Murray
The bluntness keeps the film from approaching greatness, although history buffs and genre fans might appreciate a World War II story told from a unique, non-Western perspective.
Vox
Aja Romano
As much as Tony Leung was made for subtle but heady roles like this, Hidden Blade belongs to Wang Yibo, and so does this review.
But Why Tho? A Geek Community
Kate Sánchez
Hidden Blade is a film that attempts to shock its audience, drilling home how terrifying and heartbreaking war is. That said...Hidden Blade twists the story too many times that it begins to buckle under itself.
Paste Magazine
Jacob Oller
The handsome noir skillfully makes its ideological crash (and inevitably propagandistic bent) part of the confounding atmosphere, shrouding it in smoke, food, mirrors and sake.
RogerEbert.com
Simon Abrams
Gorgeous and empty.
Houston Chronicle
Cary Darling
"Hidden Blade," a stylish, nonlinear exercise in Chinese film noir, is one of those movies where, at first, you're not exactly sure where it's going or what anyone's doing. But, boy, do they look great doing it.
Tilt Magazine
Christopher Cross
An otherwise atmospheric and moody period piece, Hidden Blade always seems to undercut its strengths and delivers a middling spy film that never quite scratches below the surface.
The MacGuffin
Allen Almachar
On a purely aesthetic basis, this is a slick and handsomely made production.
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
To attempt to follow the plot of Hidden Blade is difficult and, essentially, a fool's errand.
New York Times
Austin Considine
However crisp and stylishly executed, the parts don't quite add up to a satisfying whole.
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
While it is eminently watchable, it's a movie that consists of mostly people sitting at tables with fantastic period clothing plotting and scheming, but sometimes barely moving at all.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
Visually stylish, well-edited and intelligent spy thriller, but also somewhat dry, tedious and exhausting.
Keith & the Movies
Keith Garlington
It's absorbing cinema. And even with its not-so-hidden nationalistic bend, its a beguiling spy thriller with a stylishly sumptuous genre veneer.
AIPT
Nathaniel Muir
Hidden Blade walks the line between art film and commercial extravaganza. The end result is a spectacle movie with a focus on story. Though director Er Cheng gets the tone right, there are some awkward moments.
Asian Movie Pulse
Panos Kotzathanasis
Cheng Er seems to have studied Tarantino, Hong Kong and Korean cinema quite thoroughly and the result is a truly exceptional spy thriller that thrives equally on visuals, acting and overall atmosphere.
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