Tarantino had NOTHING to do with this film.

Rating: Null/10 (28 August 2004)

After much digging for information on the internet and such, I was unable to pull up ANY information of what Mr. Tarantino had to do with the film. Which now leads me to believe that the film just required permission to use his name to help sell it. Maybe because it was all subtitled? Who knows. Propaganda? I think so.
Regardless of this I still think it was a beautiful film as far as the cinematography. The story was kinda long winded but still enough to be interesting and hold your attention. However the whole "our land" thing is pretty much bullcrap...since when was China ever unified? Last thing I would expect to hear from a communist regime is "our land". I guess the film would be enough to appease the anime junkie, but definitely NOT a historian fan.
Overall decent movie and worth the bucks.