House of Flying Daggers (Chinese: 十面埋伏; pinyin: shí miàn mái fú), is a 2004 action/romance film irected by Zhang Yimou. The film is in the wuxia genre, similar in style to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Hero; and Warriors of Heaven and Earth. House of Flying Daggers differs from other wuxia films in that it is more of a love story than a martial arts film.