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* CombatHandFan: Duke Wuhuan uses two of these as his WeaponOfChoice, with its razor-sharp tip capable of slicing through flesh. He tends to DualWield them in fights, sometimes throwing one as a HomingProjectile while using the other as a weapon.
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* CombatHandFan: Duke Wuhuan uses two of these as his WeaponOfChoice, weapons, with its razor-sharp tip capable of slicing through flesh. He tends to DualWield them in fights, sometimes throwing one as a HomingProjectile while using the other as a weapon.
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* PettyChildhoodGrudge: This is the backstory of Duke Wuhuan, the film's BigBad: as a child, Wuhuan chanced upon the heroine Qingcheng, then a starving orphaned girl who lose her family during war, befriending Wuhuan as a child before stealing a ''mantou'' from Wuhuan and fleeing. Resenting her actions, Wuhuan grew up as a ruthless, bloodthirsty tyrant who had the population of the Land of Snow massacred for standing in his way, plans to usurp the throne, and upon realizing Qingcheng [[SheIsAllGrownUp as an adult is a beautiful woman]], intends to force her as his concubine and kill her lover, General Guangming.
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''The Promise'' is a 2005 epic fantasy film with {{Wuxia}} elements, directed by Chen Kaige, starring Creator/JangDongGun, Creator/HiroyukiSanada and Cecelia Cheung, loosely based on The Kunlun Slave, a romance novel written by Pei Xing during the Tang dynasty.
''The Promise'' is a 2005 epic fantasy film with {{Wuxia}} elements, directed by Chen Kaige, starring Creator/JangDongGun, Creator/HiroyukiSanada and Cecelia Cheung, loosely based on The Kunlun Slave, a romance novel written by Pei Xing during the Tang dynasty.
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''The Promise'' is a 2005 epic fantasy film with {{Wuxia}} elements, directed by Chen
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* EpicFlail: General Guangming’s preferred weapon, which ends in a massive spiked ball. Although for some reason the ball appears to be made of rubber and bounces off its targets constantly, but is still lethal enough to kill its victims.
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* AMinorKidroduction: The film opens with Qingcheng and Kunlun meeting as kids on a body-strewn battlefield.
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''The Promise'' is a 2005 epic fantasy film with {{Wuxia}} elements, directed by Chen Kaige, starring Creator/JangDongGun, Creator/HiroyukiSanada and Cecelia Cheung, loosely based on The Kunlun Slave, a romance novel written by Pei Xing during the Tang dynasty.
Qingcheng, a young orphan alone on a battlefield, makes a wish with the goddess Manshen, where she can escape poverty and grow up in a life of luxury, if she is willing to live the rest of her life without being able to find her true love.
Years later, Qingcheng (Cecelia Cheung) grows up into a concubine of the emperor, just as Imperial General Guangming (Hiroyuki Sanada) returns from a campaign warring with barbarian tribes. With the general, is his slave, Kunlun (Jang Dong-gun), who doesn't have any memories of his past and is seeking the memories of his long-forgotten family. At the same time, the traitorous Duke Wuhuan (Nicholas Tse) plans to take over the palace and the land.
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!!Contains examples for the following tropes:
* AnimalStampede: The opening of the movie have General Guangming’s men unleashing a buffalo stampede on the barbarian horde, which is LuredIntoATrap by Kunlun ands his fellow slaves.
* BarbarianTribe: The film opens with an epic battle scene between Guangming’s troops against a barbarian army, with Kunlun as the bait to lure the enemy forces into a trap.
* BigBadassBattleSequence: One that kickstarts the film after the opening titles, a battle between the barbarian horde and General Guangming’s army.
* BodyDouble: General Guangming, wanting to be the saviour of the king, but also afraid of facing Duke Wuhuan directly, orders Kunlun to don his crimson armor and golden mask and perform the rescue in his stead.
* BookEnds: The film opens and ends with Qingcheng, as a child, wandering around an open plain where a battle had taken place earlier.
* CombatHandFan: Duke Wuhuan uses two of these as his WeaponOfChoice, with its razor-sharp tip capable of slicing through flesh. He tends to DualWield them in fights, sometimes throwing one as a HomingProjectile while using the other as a weapon.
* CoolHelmet: The awesome-looking spiked helmet General Guangming wears on him in his first battle scene.
* DisappearsIntoLight: Snow Wolf, Wuhuan’s number two, [[spoiler: deliberately removes his own cape to expose himself to the sun, causing himself to disappear into light particles]].
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Duke Wuhuan, the main villain. [[https://www.moviestillsdb.com/movies/wu-ji-i417976/2db36af1 Look at this still and try to think otherwise]].
*EpicFlail: General Guangming’s preferred weapon, which ends in a massive spiked ball. Although for some reason the ball appears to be made of rubber and bounces off its targets constantly, but is still lethal enough to kill its victims.
* FeatherMotif:
** Qingcheng’s [[http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/38/8813/1024/14.jpg feathered robe]], made from pure white dove feathers.
** Duke Wuhuan prefers plenty of feather in his fashion as well, with large, fluffy feathers adorning his throne and robes.
* LeaveNoWitnesses: Duke Wuhuan, after revealing he’s the one who usurped the throne, then kills eight of his own guards in the same room he was in.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Most of the named characters, including Duke Wuhuan, General Guangming and Kunlun.
* ManlyTears: On General Guangming, a few times.
*AMinorKidroduction: The film opens with Qingcheng and Kunlun meeting as kids on a body-strewn battlefield.
* StaffOfAuthority: Duke Wuhuan carries one of these, which is made of gold and whose tip ends in a shape of a [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext golden hand giving the thumbs-up signal]].
* StarCrossedLovers: Kunlun and Qingcheng, halfway through the film.
* SuicideBySunlight: [[spoiler: Snow Wolf is a non-vampire example]].
* NoEscapeButDown: Kunlun, after being pursued by Duke Wuhuan’s men and reaching the edge of a cliff. He hits the water below but survives.
* PowerAtAPrice: Downplayed, in the opening scene of the movie a young Qingcheng encounters the goddess Manshen, and is given an offer for a life of wealth, luxury as the most beautiful woman in the land, but in exchange Qingcheng may never find true love. She accepts.
* RunningOnAllFours: Kunlun, caught in a stampede in the opening battle, runs with both hands and feet to stay ahead of the pack.
* UnwittingPawn: Snow Wolf turns out to be [[spoiler: from the Land of Snow, whose occupants are massacred by Duke Wuhuan years ago, and he is forced to become Wuhuan’s servant to stop him from committing further bloodbath]].
* VillainInAWhiteSuit: Duke Wuhuan, who wears white in all his scenes throughout the entire movie.
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''The Promise'' is a 2005 epic fantasy film with {{Wuxia}} elements, directed by Chen Kaige, starring Creator/JangDongGun, Creator/HiroyukiSanada and Cecelia Cheung, loosely based on The Kunlun Slave, a romance novel written by Pei Xing during the Tang dynasty.
Qingcheng, a young orphan alone on a battlefield, makes a wish with the goddess Manshen, where she can escape poverty and grow up in a life of luxury, if she is willing to live the rest of her life without being able to find her true love.
Years later, Qingcheng (Cecelia Cheung) grows up into a concubine of the emperor, just as Imperial General Guangming (Hiroyuki Sanada) returns from a campaign warring with barbarian tribes. With the general, is his slave, Kunlun (Jang Dong-gun), who doesn't have any memories of his past and is seeking the memories of his long-forgotten family. At the same time, the traitorous Duke Wuhuan (Nicholas Tse) plans to take over the palace and the land.
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!!Contains examples for the following tropes:
* AnimalStampede: The opening of the movie have General Guangming’s men unleashing a buffalo stampede on the barbarian horde, which is LuredIntoATrap by Kunlun ands his fellow slaves.
* BarbarianTribe: The film opens with an epic battle scene between Guangming’s troops against a barbarian army, with Kunlun as the bait to lure the enemy forces into a trap.
* BigBadassBattleSequence: One that kickstarts the film after the opening titles, a battle between the barbarian horde and General Guangming’s army.
* BodyDouble: General Guangming, wanting to be the saviour of the king, but also afraid of facing Duke Wuhuan directly, orders Kunlun to don his crimson armor and golden mask and perform the rescue in his stead.
* BookEnds: The film opens and ends with Qingcheng, as a child, wandering around an open plain where a battle had taken place earlier.
* CombatHandFan: Duke Wuhuan uses two of these as his WeaponOfChoice, with its razor-sharp tip capable of slicing through flesh. He tends to DualWield them in fights, sometimes throwing one as a HomingProjectile while using the other as a weapon.
* CoolHelmet: The awesome-looking spiked helmet General Guangming wears on him in his first battle scene.
* DisappearsIntoLight: Snow Wolf, Wuhuan’s number two, [[spoiler: deliberately removes his own cape to expose himself to the sun, causing himself to disappear into light particles]].
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Duke Wuhuan, the main villain. [[https://www.moviestillsdb.com/movies/wu-ji-i417976/2db36af1 Look at this still and try to think otherwise]].
*EpicFlail: General Guangming’s preferred weapon, which ends in a massive spiked ball. Although for some reason the ball appears to be made of rubber and bounces off its targets constantly, but is still lethal enough to kill its victims.
* FeatherMotif:
** Qingcheng’s [[http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/38/8813/1024/14.jpg feathered robe]], made from pure white dove feathers.
** Duke Wuhuan prefers plenty of feather in his fashion as well, with large, fluffy feathers adorning his throne and robes.
* LeaveNoWitnesses: Duke Wuhuan, after revealing he’s the one who usurped the throne, then kills eight of his own guards in the same room he was in.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Most of the named characters, including Duke Wuhuan, General Guangming and Kunlun.
* ManlyTears: On General Guangming, a few times.
*AMinorKidroduction: The film opens with Qingcheng and Kunlun meeting as kids on a body-strewn battlefield.
* StaffOfAuthority: Duke Wuhuan carries one of these, which is made of gold and whose tip ends in a shape of a [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext golden hand giving the thumbs-up signal]].
* StarCrossedLovers: Kunlun and Qingcheng, halfway through the film.
* SuicideBySunlight: [[spoiler: Snow Wolf is a non-vampire example]].
* NoEscapeButDown: Kunlun, after being pursued by Duke Wuhuan’s men and reaching the edge of a cliff. He hits the water below but survives.
* PowerAtAPrice: Downplayed, in the opening scene of the movie a young Qingcheng encounters the goddess Manshen, and is given an offer for a life of wealth, luxury as the most beautiful woman in the land, but in exchange Qingcheng may never find true love. She accepts.
* RunningOnAllFours: Kunlun, caught in a stampede in the opening battle, runs with both hands and feet to stay ahead of the pack.
* UnwittingPawn: Snow Wolf turns out to be [[spoiler: from the Land of Snow, whose occupants are massacred by Duke Wuhuan years ago, and he is forced to become Wuhuan’s servant to stop him from committing further bloodbath]].
* VillainInAWhiteSuit: Duke Wuhuan, who wears white in all his scenes throughout the entire movie.
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