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''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'' is a martial-arts film, released in 2000, directed by Ang Lee, and starring Chow Yun Fat, [[Michelle Yeoh]], [[Zhang Ziyi]] and [[Chang Chen]]. It is based on the novel of the same name written by Wang Dulu, which was released as part of a pentalogy. It was the first [[Wuxia]] film to gain widespread Western acclaim; it won many awards, including four Oscars, and opened the [[Wuxia]] genre to huge new audiences.
A noble and well-known Wudang fighter, Li Mubai, decides to retire in 1778 after his failure to find the murderer of his master. This murderer was his mistress, Jade Fox, who was embittered by his refusal to teach a woman the Wudang technique. Although his estranged [[Lady of War]] friend, Yu Shu-Lien, tries to talk him out of it, Li asks her to deliver his famed sword, the [[Named Weapons|Green Destiny]], to a friend, Sir Te, so Li can leave his warrior past behind. Knowing the sword's deadly potential, however, Sir Te asks Shu Lien to have it safely stored in capital of Beijing instead. When Yu delivers the Green Destiny to the house of a governor, she meets the governor's headstrong daughter, the [[Rebellious Princess]] Jen, and they become close owing to Jen's fascination with Shu Lien's free warrior life. Shu Lien realizes that Jen resents her [[Arranged Marriage]], longing to become a romantic adventurer like those of fairy tales.
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臥虎藏龍 in traditional Chinese, 卧虎藏龙 in simplified.
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* [[Hot Chick With a Sword]]: Shu-Lien, Jen.
* [[I Have the High Ground]]: The fight along the tops of the bamboo grove.
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* [[Imperial China]]
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: [[Memetic Badass|Li Mubai]] can school you with a stick.
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* [[Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace]]: Lo disagrees like whoa! (Attacks with knives. While shouting. A lot.)
* [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]]: Of ''Good'', actually; Jen and Jade Fox spend most of the first act fighting the good guys in roughly ascending order of their skill, though Mu Bai wrecks the order.
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* [[Supernatural Martial Arts]]
* [[Thunderbolt Iron]]: The Green Destiny is "made out of no ordinary metal..." using a technique which was lost centuries ago.
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* [[Tree Buchet]]: Shows up during the bamboo forest fight.
* [[UST]]: Shu Lien and Mu Bai.
* [[Villain Exit Stage Left]]: Jade Fox is almost killed by Li Mu Bai, but escapes the legendary warrior -- who is capable of [[Roof Hopping]] to the point of flight -- by jumping over a wall. And he just lets her get away. Justified, Li Mu Bai wanted to steal her apprentice, if he'd pursued he probably would have had to kill them both. Even killing Jade Fox would kill any chances of getting the apprentice.
* [[Villain Forgot to Level Grind]]: Although Jade Fox stole the Wudan
* [[Waif Fu]]: Jen
* [[Walk On Water]]
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[[Category:Hugo Award]]
[[Category:Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon]]
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