Tradition in the Far East

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a movie that is a stunning, visual masterpiece. The story opens as the legendary swordsman Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat) travels to visit Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh). He's decided to give up his days as a warrior and he gives his sword, the Green Destiny, to Shu Lien. The legendary sword is eventually stolen by a masked figure, and Li Mu Bai & Shu Lien's frustrated romance becomes …showed first 75 words of 881 total…

…showed last 75 words of 881 total…the movie, tradition influences characters in accord of their behavior and situation. Ang Lee depicts this masterfully. Jen, a woman with a man's talent and ambition, is rejected by tradition. Both Jen and Lo, with their incompatible love, are also rejected. On the other hand, Mu Bai, a respected Wudan warrior, is accepted. Thus at the end of the picture, the rejected are revealed as the oppressed with the accepted being displayed as the empowered.