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Sun Valley (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Sun Valley' is a 1996 Chinese film that was directed by He Ping. Along with his film, 'Swordsmen in Double Flag Town', 'Sun Valley' is considered one of He Ping's "Chinese westerns." The film stars Zhang Fengyi as The Avenger, a mysterious hero who arrives at the eponymous valley to await his enemies.
'Sun Valley' was a Chinese-Hong Kong co-production between the China Film Co-Production Corporation, Xi'an Film Studio, Media Asia and Huanya Film Corporation. It was He's first film funded by outside sources.Zhang, Yingjin & Xiao, Zhiwei (1998). 'Encyclopedia of Chinese Film'. Taylor & Francis, p. 183. . The film was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention.
Cast
* Zhang Fengyi as 'The Avenger'.
* Ku Feng as 'Old Man', an old warrior who has settled in the valley to become a devout Buddhist.
* Wang Xueqi as 'Black Bull'
* Yuan Chen as 'Yellow Skin'
Release
The film was released in 1996 by Media Asia Distribution and later in the United States by Miramax on Television. To date, it has not been released on DVD and Blu-ray. It has only been released in the VCD format.
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