Hero is the tale of four assassins in ancient China who set out to kill a brutal king. It is also a Mandarin language movie, which would normally prevent me from watching it here, since Japanese subtitles are not all that helpful either. Fortunately, the recently opened Virgin Roppongi Hills Cinemas offer screenings subtitled in English, too. Another thing that sets the Virgin Cinemas apart from other cinemas in Tokyo is that those wonderful discount advance tickets that are sold all over town are not valid here, a fact I found out only after having bought a pair. But because this is Japan, they let us in anyway.

7 points