S5E4 - Hero (2002)

This week in the Heroic Purgatory podcast, we talk about Zhang Yimou's 2002 wuxia film, Hero, staring Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, and Tony Leung. A film as beautiful as it is controversial, Hero is one of the director's best known works, toping both Chinese and international box offices and catapulting the filmmaker into the world of commercial mainstream filmmaking. We hope you enjoy our discussion. Website link: Follow the show on Twitter: Follow Jason:

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S5E4 - Hero (2002) is an episode from Heroic Purgatory: An Asian Cinema Podcast by John Atom, Jason Maher.

This episode is 01:30:23 long.

This episode was published on May 19, 2025.

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