Set during China's the Warring States Period (476-221 BC), benevolent warrior Chenkang Lu (Joe Odagiri) enters into a torrid love affair with a woman (Maggie Q) from the nomadic Harran tribe. Their relationship sends the warrior to a place where humans were once wolves...
Cinematography
Bleak landscapes that swallow characters whole.
Practical Effects
Wolf transformation that commits to the bit.
Director
Tian Zhuangzhuang
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tian Zhuangzhuang spent years in director's jail after THE BLUE KIFE; this was his return to unapologetic weirdness.
The Warring States setting isn't just backdrop — the film literalizes that era's brutality through actual bodily metamorphosis.
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