Academy Awards, USA
2007
Nominee
Best Achievement in Costume Design
Chung-Man Yee ,
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
2007
Winner
Best Costume
Chung-Man Yee ,
2007
Nominee
Best International Film
Art Directors Guild
2007
Winner
Period Film
Tingxiao Huo (production designer) ,
Bin Zhao (supervising art director) ,
Xinhua Wei (art director) ,
Hongwu Sun (art director) ,
Chengguang Dong (art director) ,
Minxuan Zong (art director) ,
Bo Tian (assistant art director) ,
Asian Film Awards
2007
Nominee
Best Film
Best Visual Effects
Angela Barson ,
Frankie Chung (as Chung Chi Hang) ,
Asian Film Critics Association Awards
2007
Winner
Best Picture
Yimou Zhang ,
Best Director
Yimou Zhang ,
Best Art Direction
Tingxiao Huo ,
Best Costume & Make Up Design
Chung-Man Yee ,
Best Cinematography
Xiaoding Zhao ,
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2006
Nominee
Best Cinematography
Xiaoding Zhao ,
Chinese Film Media Awards
2007
Nominee
Costume Designers Guild Awards
2007
Winner
Excellence in Period Film
Chung-Man Yee ,
Gold Derby Awards
2007
Nominee
Foreign Language Film
Golden Bauhinia Awards
2007
Winner
Best Original Song
2007
Nominee
Best Supporting Actor
Ye Liu ,
Best Sound Effects
Jing Tao ,
Best Art Direction
Tingxiao Huo ,
Best Action Choreography
Siu-Tung Ching ,
Hong Kong Film Awards
2007
Winner
Best Art Direction
Tingxiao Huo ,
Best Costume & Make Up Design
Chung-Man Yee ,
Best Original Film Song
Jay Chou (composer/performer) ,
Vincent Fang (lyricist) ,
2007
Nominee
Best Director
Yimou Zhang ,
Best Supporting Actor
Jay Chou ,
Best Supporting Actor
Ye Liu ,
Best Cinematography
Xiaoding Zhao ,
Best Action Choreography
Siu-Tung Ching ,
Best Original Film Score
Shigeru Umebayashi ,
Best Sound Design
Jing Tao ,
Roger Savage ,
Best Visual Effects
Angela Barson ,
Frankie Chung ,
John Leonti ,
Best Picture
Yimou Zhang ,
Weiping Zhang ,
William Kong ,
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
2007
Winner
2007
Nominee
Hundred Flowers Awards
2008
Nominee
Best Supporting Actor
Jay Chou ,
Image Awards (NAACP)
2007
Nominee
Outstanding Independent or Foreign Film
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
2007
Nominee
Best Costume Design
Chung-Man Yee ,
Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)
2008
Nominee
Best Actress (Miglior attrice protagonista)
Gong Li ,
Best Art Direction (Miglior scenografia)
Best Costume Design (Migliori costumi)
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
2007
Nominee
Best Sound Editing for Sound Effects and Foley in a Foreign Film
Roger Savage (supervising sound editor) ,
Jing Tao (supervising sound editor) ,
Mario Vaccaro (supervising foley editor) ,
Rainbow Wang (supervising dialogue editor) ,
Qiuxia Sun (supervising adr editor) ,
Paul Pirola (sound effects editor) ,
Steve Burgess (sound effects editor) ,
Andy Wright (sound effects editor) ,
Robert Mackenzie (sound effects editor) ,
Ye Shu (sound effects editor) ,
Hongrui Ji (sound effects editor) ,
Glenn Newnham (sound effects editor) ,
Michael McMenomy (sound effects editor) ,
Terry Tu (foley artist) ,
National Board of Review, USA
2006
Winner
Top Five Foreign Films
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
2007
Nominee
Best Cinematography
Xiaoding Zhao ,
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2006
Nominee
Best Cinematographer
Xiaoding Zhao ,
Satellite Awards
2006
Nominee
Best Cinematography
Xiaoding Zhao ,
Best Costume Design
Chung-Man Yee ,
Shanghai Film Critics Awards
2007
Winner
Weibo Awards Ceremony
2006
Winner
Film of the Year
Yimou Zhang ,
