Jade warrior

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Movie
German title Jade warrior
Original title Jade Soturi
Country of production Finland , Netherlands , China , Estonia
original language Finnish , Chinese
Publishing year 2006
length 100 minutes
Rod
Director Antti-Jussi Annila
script Antti-Jussi Annila ,
Petri Jokiranta
production Petri Jokiranta
Tero Kaukomaa
Margus Õunapuu
Peter Loehr
San Fu Maltha
music Samuli Kosminen,
Kimmo Pohjonen
camera Henri Blomberg
cut Iikka Hesse
occupation

Jade Warrior ( Chinese  玉武士 , Pinyin Yù wǔshì , Finnish Jadesoturi ) is a Finnish-Chinese Wuxia - Fantasy film from 2006. The debut of director Antti-Jussi Annila suggests a connection between the Finnish national epic Kalevala and Chinese mythology . In addition to the fights, the film impresses with impressive landscape shots from China and Finland.

action

The Finnish blacksmith Kai was left by his girlfriend Ronja. She gives some of Kai's items to the antique dealer and Kalevala researcher Berg. Berg is in possession of a Chinese metal casket that was found on a bog body in Finland. He suspects a connection with the Sampo forged by Ilmarinen . When Kai's hair remnants come into contact with the box, the box begins to open. To get to the bottom of the matter, Berg goes to Kai to cut his hair off. However, these are not enough to open the box. Berg goes to Kai again, this time with the box. He's just about to stop him from suicide. When you touch the box, it opens and a demon drives into Berg. At the same time Kai receives the memory of the reborn Chinese fighter Sintai.

This is chosen to fight against the last remaining demon who wants to turn the world into hell. As a thank you for this, he should leave the cycle of rebirths and be allowed to move directly into nirvana. Before a decision can be made, Sintai leaves the army undetected and wanders into a village. There he meets Pin Yu and falls in love with her.

While Kai tries to forge the Sampo again with the help of Berg, all attempts by Ronja to leave the city are foiled. Kai now realizes that his alter ego Sintai failed in destroying the demon. Although he beheaded him, he did not defeat him. When Sintai sees Pin Yu meeting her former lost lover and Sintai's student and friend Cho, he decides to keep the demon's head in his father's box and to move the decision into the future. Kai finally succeeds in destroying the demon and he can hope that he will win Ronja back.

background

Jade-Krieger is the first feature film by Antti-Jussi Annila . The film cost three million euros.

The film was presented to the public for the first time on September 8, 2006 at the Toronto International Film Festival . The commercial launch of the film was on October 13, 2006 in Finland and on October 24, 2006 in China.

criticism

Cinefacts.de says about the film: “The strength of the film lies above all in the brilliant and meticulously worked out narrative strategy. The story jumps in the times and places, lets them merge together again and create a whole. "

Screendaily, on the other hand, speaks of:

“Between long stretches of studious dialogue and explanations, there are a few expositions of kung-fu, but none of them is either elegant or imaginative enough to parlay with the genre's best. Lightness in all senses of the word is one thing that Jade Warrior badly needs, both in the director's approach to the material and the luminosity of the images on screen. Though evident efforts have been made to ensure the production looks as opulent as possible, neither the production design nor the CG effects make much of an impression. Certainly it is no match for the grand shows offered by Chinese cinema in recent years. "

“Between long stretches of detailed dialogue and explanation, there are some kung fu performances, none of which are elegant or imaginative enough to compete with the best of the genre. [Jade Warrior lacks] the ease with which the director translates the material and the brightness of the images on the screen. Although efforts have been made to make the production look as opulent as possible, neither the production design nor the computer effects make a big impression. There is no doubt that it does not match the great spectacles of Chinese cinema in recent years. "

Awards

At the 2007 Jussi Awards , the film received awards for best costume design and best film music.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TV feature film 23/09 p. 192
  2. ↑ Jade-Krieger at cinefacts.de
  3. ↑ Jade Warriors at screendaily.com

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