Jade Warrior (Jadesoturi)

Showings

Great Star Theatre Sun, Jul 24, 2016 9:00 PM
Great Star Theatre Sun, Jul 31, 2016 9:00 PM
Film Info
Director:Antti-Jussi Annila
Running Time:110 min
Country:Finland
China
Year of Release:2006

Description

Thousands of years ago in ancient China, a love struck sword hero fights against his destiny. He wants another chance to be reunited with his loved one and he gets that chance, in a far away place and a far away time, in the cold north, in modern Finland. Jade Warrior is set in ancient China early iron age and present day Finland. The past is feeding the story in present day, slowly revealing our warrior his real origin, his superior skills and his destiny. Jade Warrior - the first Finnish Kung Fu film - combines Finnish and Chinese mythologies into one story. Jade Warrior is an homage to Kung Fu genre strongly spiced with a truly original approach to Finnish national epic The Kalevala.