---
title: 'The Promise (2005)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Chen Kaige'
released: '2005-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 103
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
countries:
  - 'People''s Republic of China'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-promise-2005'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417976/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Promise (2005)

2005 · 103 min · Drama, Fantasy · People's Republic of China, United States


## Synopsis

The Promise (无极) is a 2005 Chinese epic fantasy film directed by Chen Kaige, starring Jang Dong-gun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cecilia Cheung, and Nicholas Tse. It is loosely adapted from The Kunlun Slave, a ninth-century wuxia romance story by Pei Xing. Responses to the film were mainly mixed to negative.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Chen Kaige](https://cinepixo.com/people/chen-kaige)
- **Screenplay:** [Chen Kaige](https://cinepixo.com/people/chen-kaige)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Klaus Badelt](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-badelt)
- **Director of Photography:** [Peter Pau](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-pau)

## Cast

- [Cecilia Cheung](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecilia-cheung)
- [Chen Hong](https://cinepixo.com/people/chen-hong)
- [Jang Dong-geon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jang-dong-geon)
- [Nicholas Tse](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-tse)
- [Liu Ye](https://cinepixo.com/people/liu-ye)
- [Hiroyuki Sanada](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroyuki-sanada)

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Official site: http://www.thepromise.sina.com.cn
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-promise-2005
Film facts: Wikidata (Q611370); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.