Jade Warrior (film)
Jade Warrior Finnish Jadesoturi, Chinese pinyin Y zhnsh , Estonian Igavese armastuse sdalane is a FinnishChinese coproduced movie. It combines elements of the wuxia genre with Finnish Kalevala mythology. It was directed by AnttiJussi Annila.
Inspired by the Finnish epic The Kalevala, the story opens with a downonhis luck novice blacksmith named Kai whose girlfriend, Ronja, leaves him. Ronja tries to dispose of his collection of Asian artifacts and what appears to be an urn full of ashes at an antique dealer. The ashes are his burned up hair and nail clippings, used by blacksmiths to prevent rust. This sets off a mythical series of events that holds Ronja back from leaving town. The ashes open a mythical chest, which causes Kai to remember a past life where he was a halfChinese halfFinnish warrior named Sintai, fated to battle a demon in ancient China, threatening to enslave all of humankind.Sintai is fated to be rewarded with Nirvana upon dying in that lifetime if he killed the demon. Sintai is abettedand then ultimately disheartenedby a female warrior named Pin Yu, who has captured his heart. Shortly after, Pin Yu unexpectedly finds her lost lover, Cho, who is Sintais friend. Upon realizing this, Sintai uses a magical chest to imprison the demon and escape Nirvana. He then commits suicide to be reborn as Kai, who is being instructed by the now freed demon to build the Sampo, an item that will open the gates to hell. Kais remembering and the sampo building are transposed to each other. Finally, Kai realizes what he has done and knows his complete past life and, with Pin Yu now reincarnated as Ronja and potentially returned to his side, he decides to fulfill his original quest and kill the demon. ........
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