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Which 2002 film by Zhang Yimou, starring Jet Li, tells a Rashomon-style story of a nameless warrior's encounter with the King of Qin, filmed in five distinct colour palettes?

Answer: Hero — Hero (Ying xiong) uses a different dominant colour for each version of the story—black, red, blue, white and green—to signal narrative subjectivity.

Hero (Ying xiong) uses a different dominant colour for each version of the story—black, red, blue, white and green—to signal narrative subjectivity.

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