MOVIE · 1994
Ashes of Time
ActionAdventureDrama100 min
In a desert outpost, Leslie Cheung is Ouyang Feng, an exiled swordsman who makes a living matching hired fighters with strangers bent on revenge. As travelers, old acquaintances, and would-be heroes pass through his camp, their stories fold into his own history of rejection and regret. Brigitte Lin and Maggie Cheung are among the figures circling Ouyang’s world, where duels, broken promises, and unreturned love matter as much as the swordplay. Wong Kar-Wai reshapes the wuxia tale into something spare and elusive, with shifting memories, rivalries, and longing carried across the sand.
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