Beanie The Wonder Horse said:
Gelsons Dad said:
House of flying daggers is a staggeringly beautiful film. Even my two teenage daughters watched it with full attention which for a foreign language film is incredible.
The only film that has ever made me walk out of the cinema.
Sorry to hear that. I think it's generally accepted as a rather good film.
Academy Awards, USA
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated Oscar Best Achievement in Cinematography
Xiaoding Zhao
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated Saturn Award Best Actress
Ziyi Zhang
Best Costumes
Emi Wada
Best Director
Yimou Zhang
Best Fantasy Film
Australian Screen Sound Guild
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2005 Won ASSG Award Best Achievement in Sound for Film Sound Design
Roger Savage
Jing Tao
Steve Burgess
Vic Kaspar
Ron Feruglio
Jo Mion
Paul Pirola
Andrew Neil
Chris Goodes
Blair Slater
Mario Vaccaro
Feature Film Soundtrack of the Year
Roger Savage
(Soundfirm Australia [au] and Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. [cn]).
BAFTA Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects
Angie Lam
Andy Brown
Kirsty Millar
Luke Hetherington
Best Cinematography
Xiaoding Zhao
Best Costume Design
Emi Wada
Best Editing
Long Cheng
Best Film not in the English Language
William Kong
Yimou Zhang
Best Make Up/Hair
Lee-na Kwan
Xiaohai Yang
Siu-Mui Chau
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Ziyi Zhang
Best Production Design
Tingxiao Huo
Best Sound
Jing Tao
Roger Savage
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2004 Won BSFC Award Best Cinematography
Xiaoding Zhao
Best Director
Yimou Zhang
Best Foreign-Language Film
China/Hong Kong.
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Foreign-Language Film
Chlotrudis Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Cinematography
Xiaoding Zhao
European Film Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Screen International Award Yimou Zhang
China.
Golden Globes, USA
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated Golden Globe Best Foreign Language Film
Hong Kong.
Golden Rooster Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Golden Rooster Best Art Direction
Tingxiao Huo
Nominated Golden Rooster Best Director
Yimou Zhang
Best Film
Best Sound
Jing Tao
Golden Trailer Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2005 Won Golden Trailer Best Foreign
(Empire Design).
Best Foreign Independent
(Grossmyth Company).
Nominated Golden Trailer Best Music
(Empire Design).
Hong Kong Film Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated Hong Kong Film Award Best Asian Film
China.
Huabiao Film Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2005 Won Huabiao Film Award Outstanding Actress
Ziyi Zhang
Tied with Wei Zhao for A Time to Love (2005).
Hundred Flowers Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2006 Nominated Hundred Flowers Award Best Actress
Ziyi Zhang
Image Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated Image Award Outstanding Independent or Foreign Film
London Critics Circle Film Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated ALFS Award Director of the Year
Yimou Zhang
Film of the Year
Foreign Language Film of the Year
China/Hong Kong.
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2004 Won LAFCA Award Best Foreign Language Film
Yimou Zhang
China/Hong Kong.
MTV Movie Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Fight
Ziyi Zhang
For Zhang Ziyi vs. The Emperor's guards.
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2005 Won Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in Foreign Features
Roger Savage (supervising sound editor)
Jing Tao (supervising sound editor)
Jo Mion (supervising foley editor)
Wang, Yu Hong (supervising adr editor)
Steve Burgess (sound editor)
Vic Kaspar (sound editor)
Ron Feruglio (sound editor)
Paul Pirola (sound editor)
Andrew Neil (sound editor)
Glenn Newnham (sound editor)
Mario Vaccaro (foley editor)
Blair Slater (foley editor)
National Board of Review, USA
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2004 Won NBR Award Outstanding Production Design
Tingxiao Huo
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2005 Won NSFC Award Best Cinematography
Xiaoding Zhao
Best Director
Yimou Zhang
Also for Hero (2002).
Online Film Critics Society Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated OFCS Award Best Cinematography
Xiaoding Zhao
Best Editing
Long Cheng
Best Foreign Language Film
China.
Satellite Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2005 Won Golden Satellite Award Best Cinematography
Xiaoding Zhao
Best Visual Effects
Andy Brown
Kirsty Millar
Tied with Robert Legato, Peter G. Travers, Matthew Gratzner and R. Bruce Steinheimer for The Aviator (2004).
Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Art Direction/Production Design
Zhong Han
Best Costume Design
Emi Wada
Best Film Editing
Long Cheng
Best Motion Picture, Foreign Film
China.
Best Sound (Editing & Mixing)
Jing Tao
World Stunt Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated Taurus Award Best Fight
Cai Li
Shi Feng
Li Lei
Xia Bin
Li Wei
Ou Chengwei
Xiang Gao
Fei Goa
Zhan Bo
Zhong Feng
Two men fight with swords in an autumn field. Their fight carries them into winter, as they begin to use their bodies in addition to swords to fight.
