Directed by Yimou Zhang   Written by Zhengchao Xu   Jianquan Shi   Xiaofeng Zhou   Ethan Coen   Joel Coen   Cast Honglei Sun ... Zhang Shenyang Xiao ... Li Ni Yan ... Wang's Wife Dahong Ni ... Wang Ye Cheng ... Zhao Mao Mao ... Chen Julien Gaudfroy ... Persian Merchant Benshan Zhao ... Patrol Team Commander Na Wei ... Persian Woman Sisi Wang ... Female Prisoner Wenting Li ... Female Prisoner Ran Cheng ... Male Prisoner Shuo Huang ... Male Prisoner Produced by Hao Gu   William Kong   Alice Yeung   Weiping Zhang   Zhenyan Zhang   Original Music by Lin Zhao

Additional Info Premiere: December 11, 2009 Theatrical Release: September 03, 2010 DVD Release: February 01, 2011 Blu-ray Release: February 01, 2011 Countries: Distributor: Sony Home Entertainment Websites: Alternate Titles A Simple Noodle Story Blood Simple San Qiang Pai An Jing Qi The First Gun Production Companies Beijing New Picture Film Co. (presents) Film Partner International (presents) (as Film Partner 2009 International) Distributors Sony Pictures Classics   (2010) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.7 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #6,483 / 21,254 Site Ranking #6,479 We Need To Do Something (2021) #6,480 Freddy's Nightmares: Season 1 (1988) #6,481 Freddy's Nightmares: Season 2 (1989) #6,482 Sex & Fury (1973) #6,483 A Woman, A Gun And A Noodle Shop (2009) #6,484 Cruel Peter (2019) #6,485 Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story (2015) #6,486 The Ouija Experiment (2011) #6,487 Evil Bong (2006)