House of Flying Daggers
AdventureDramaActionrebellionmartial artsgovernmentchinaswordplaytang dynastydaggerwuxia9th centuryboldexuberant
A visually sumptuous wuxia romance built on deception and betrayal, where martial spectacle and emotional intimacy intertwine across a rebellion's shadowy landscape.
In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
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