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''Ashes of Time'' () is a 1994 Hong Kong film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai, and loosely based on four characters from Jin Yong's novel ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes''. Wong completely eschews any plot adaptation from the novel, using only the names to create his own vision of an arguably unrelated film. During the film's long-delayed production, Wong produced a parody of the same novel with the same cast titled ''The Eagle Shooting Heroes''. Although it received limited box office success, the parallels ''Ashes of Time'' drew between modern ideas of dystopia imposed on a ''wuxia'' film has led many critics to cite it as one of Wong Kar-wai's most under-appreciated works. Due to the original prints being lost Wong re-edited and re-scored the film in 2008 for future theater, DVD and Blu-ray releases under the title ''Ashes of Time Redux''. The film was reduced from 100 to 93 minutes. Both the original and Redux versions can still be found on Asian markets, while only the Redux version is available to western markets. Several criticisms of the Redux version have been noted, such as poor image quality and color mastering from the source material, cropping and removal of portions of the bottom image, poor English translations, and the re-scoring. ==Cast== * Leslie Cheung as Ouyang Feng, the Venomous West * Tony Leung Ka-fai as Huang Yaoshi, the Malicious East * Brigitte Lin as Murong Yang / Murong Yin / Dugu Qiubai * Tony Leung Chiu-Wai as Blind Swordsman * Carina Lau as Peach Blossom, Blind Swordsman's wife * Charlie Yeung as Girl with mule * Jacky Cheung as Hong Qigong * Maggie Cheung as Ouyang Feng's sister-in-law * Li Bai as Hong Qigong's wife * Siu Tak-fu * Collin Chou as Swordsman * Lau Shun 〔(Ashes of Time at HKMDB )〕 〔(Ashes of Time at chinesemov.com )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ashes of Time」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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