The State Administration of Radio Film and Television announced last Thursday that it was entering the film Warriors of Heaven and Earth in the Foreign Language Film category at the 2004 Academy Awards, representing China’s mainland.

The film, directed by He Ping, is an action drama set in the Tang Dynasty, starring Jiang Wen, Zhao Wei, and Japanese actor Kiichi Nakai.

It is a co-production between Huayi Brothers and Taihe Film, and Columbia TriStar. Columbia also produced 2002’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the first Chinese film to win the best foreign film Oscar.

Wang Zhongjun, president of Huayi Brothers and Taihe Film Investment said to the media added, “I have enough confidence to contend for the Oscar, because I think the film is the best one in recent years.

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