Shigehiro Ozawa

And while making light of some elements, he also infuses a high degree of authenticity: shooting the film in Beijing, hiring famed choreographers Sonny Chiba ("The Streetfighter") and Master Yuen Woo-ping ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"), using a combination of Chinese, Japanese, and American production designers, and incorporating influential music from The RZA, a hip hop producer inspired by the sounds of the Orient.