Hero (Chinese: 英雄; pinyin: Yīngxióng) is a 2002 wuxia martial arts film [3] directed, co-written, and produced by Zhang Yimou, and starring Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen and Chen Daoming. [4] The cinematography was by Christopher Doyle, and the musical score composed by Tan Dun.