Known for making films about familial relationships, director Ang Lee surprised everyone with his martial arts epic CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. Based on a novel by Wang Du Lu, CROUCHING TIGER starts with the revenge plot common in the wuxia stories that Lee loved as a child, then adds a feminist twist. Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun Fat) is a legendary martial artist who has decided to pass on his sword, the Green Destiny, to a friend. Soon afterward, the sword is stolen by a masked female, setting in motion events that test the bonds of family, love, duty, and sisterhood. Chow appears with three generations of female stars: Cheng Pei Pei, a 1960s action heroine; Michelle Yeoh, the beauty queen turned 1980s action goddess; and newcomer Zhang Ziyi, who smolders as the princess who wants more than domestic tranquillity. Famed action choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping (THE MATRIX) stages jaw-dropping zero-G fights across rooftops, rivers, and bamboo trees, while Yo-Yo Ma punctuates the fisticuffs with dramatic cello solos. Described by Lee as "SENSE AND SENSIBILITY with martial arts," CROUCHING TIGER recalls the best wuxia films of the 1960s and pushes the genre in new directions.

Yun-Fat Chow: Hong Kong actor, THE KILLER/HARD BOILED
Michelle Khan: Hong Kong actress
Chang Chen: Hong Kong actor, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
Ziyi Zhang: Chinese actor, CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON, MEMOIRS OF A G
Sihung Lung: Actor/"Wedding Banquet"
Pei Pei Cheng: Hong Kong actor, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
Fa Zeng Li: Hong Kong actor, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
Xian Gao: Hong Kong actor, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
Yan Hai: Hong Kong actor, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
Deming Wang: Hong Kong actor, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
Li Li: 

Ang Lee: Oscar winning Asian director, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Bill Kong: producer, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
Li Kong Hsu: Producer, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
Ang Lee: Oscar winning Asian director, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

James Schamus: 
Hui Ling Wang: screenwriter, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
Kuo Jung Tsai: Screenwriter, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON

Tan Dun: Hong Kong Film Composer, CROUCHING TIGER (2000)

Tim Squyres: Editor, THE HULK (2003)

"....Always entertaining and exhilarating....CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON is most notable for going beyond genre norms..."
"...CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON defies pigeon-holing by succeeding as a love story, an action movie and a fantasy....The best acted, best shot and most exciting film of the year..." -- 5 out of 5 stars
"...The picture is more fun than it has a right to be....Mr. Lee puts things together artfully and stages this movie like a comedy of manners; it could be SENSE AND SENSIBILITY with a body count....It's an epic that breaks the laws of gravity."
"...A triumph....CROUCHING TIGER envelops you in its exotic universe..."
"...A delightful one-of-a-kind martial arts romance where astounding fight sequences alternate with passionate yet idealistic love duets..."
"...Exhilarating....Ang Lee stages magnificent action sequences..."
"...This Cannes/New York Film Festival favorite has it all, starting with three towering central characters....[Ang Lee's film] offers melodically choreographed action scenes by THE MATRIX's Yuen Wo-Ping, Oscar-caliber photography by Peter Pau and the pleasure of seeing [Chow Yun Fat] in his most appealing performance yet..." -- 4 out of 4 stars