The Promise

Name: The Promise
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Action, Thriller, Romance
Released: 2005-12-15
Duration: 121 min
Rating: 5.6

★ 5,6 /10 (133 Votes)

2005 ZH 121 min

Overview

An orphaned girl, driven by poverty at such a young age, makes a promise with an enchantress. In return for beauty and the admiration of every man, she will never be with the man she loves. This spell cannot be broken unless the impossible happens: snow falling in spring and the dead coming back to life. Now a grown and beautiful princess, she regrets her promise, for all of the men she's loved has always been met with tragedy.

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Release date

15/12/2005

Votes

133

Popularity

3.4

Genres

Fantasy Drama Action Thriller Romance

Status

Released

Original title

无极

Language

Runtime

121 min

Revenue

$30,995,924

Website

thepromisemovie.net

Cecilia Cheung

Princess Qingcheng

Liu Ye

Snow Wolf

Chen Hong

Goddess Manshen

Cheng Qian

The Emperer

Jang Dong-gun

Kunlun

Hiroyuki Sanada

General Guangming

Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung

Wuhuan

Yu Jinwei

Ye Li

Guan Xiaotong

Young Qingcheng

Shi Lei

Young Wuhuan

Lu Peng

General in Red

Anthony Brandon Wong

(voice)

Qian Bo

独眼

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Two young kids try to scrounge food on a battlefield. The girl uses cunning to get a cake the boy found. As she flees with it she drops it in the water. A female spirit offers her a deal : if she never find happy love, she will never be hungry (= rich) again. She accepts. General Guangming (Hiroyuki Sanada) is victorious in battle once again. He meets the spirit (in human form) that tells him someone will kill the king and stain his honor. He is wounded but is rescued by a slave, Kunlun (Dong-Gun Jang). He sends him to the palace with order to save the king, describing him as the only one wit…

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