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The Sword (1980 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Sword' is a 1980 Hong Kong 'wuxia' film co-written and directed by Patrick Tam and starring Adam Cheng.Sabrina Qiong Yu - Jet Li: Chinese Masculinity and Transnational Film Stardom 0748645489 2012 "Two pioneers of the Hong Kong New Wave, Tsui Hark and Patrick Tam, chose to start their directorial careers with wuxia films The Butterfly Murders (Tsui Hark, 1979) and The Sword (Patrick Tam, 1980) "
Plot summary
A swordsman wants to fight an evil man; but the swordsman throws his sword into the sea after fighting because he wants to live in peace. The film is set in the ancient city of the Song dynasty. It was filmed in a provincial town of China Shandong province (where Confucius was born)
Cast
*Adam Cheng as Lee Mak-yin
*Norman Chui as Lin Wan
*Bonnie Ngai as Yuen Kei
*JoJo Chan as Yin Siu-yu
*Tien Feng as Fa Chin-shu
*Eddy Ko as Chan Tit-yee
*Hoi Sang Lee as Chou Huan
*Ng Tung as Wang Shi-qi
*Lau Yat-fan as Old pigeon man
*Lau Siu-ming as Caretaker
*Chui Kit as Fa Ying-chi
References
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