千年之前的古代中国，只有一位身为铁匠儿子的剑侠（托米·艾昂 Tommi Eronen饰）可以杀死祸害世人的恶魔（成泰燊 Taishen Cheng饰）。他在杀死恶魔后便可以得到永生。在与恶魔决斗前，剑侠爱上了一位美丽的女子（张静初饰）。剑侠为爱对抗自己的命运，放弃了杀死恶魔的机会，希望能够重生和他深爱的人再次重逢。千年之后的现代芬兰，剑侠终于实现了他的愿望。然而当得知自己千年之前的使命后，他有该何去何从。
首部中芬合拍史诗爱情电影《玉战士》，改编自极富神话色彩和抒情意味的芬兰民族史诗《卡勒瓦拉》。影片分别在芬兰、爱沙尼亚和中国浙江横店影视基地进行拍摄。如史诗般壮阔的中国古代场景配合冷峻的现代芬兰，使得芬兰异域的神秘美感和中国古城的悠然质感发挥得淋漓尽致。而本片的动作场面更是为情感故事设定了节奏，千年之恋壮美上演。

The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, guided through the gloom by a ray of hope.

1999 film by Aki Kaurismäki

2002 film by Aki Kaurismäki

2006 film by Naoko Ogigami

Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello. The project was conceived by the producer Nicolas McClintock as a reflection on the theme of time at the turn of the Millennium. Fifteen celebrated film-makers were invited to create their own vision of what time means in ten minutes of film.