Swordsman 1990
Directed by Tsui Hark, Tony Ching Siu-Tung, King Hu, Raymond Lee Wai-Man
- Action, Adventure
- 120 min
A kung-fu manual known as the Sacred Scroll is stolen from the Emperor's library. An army detachment is sent to recover it. Meanwhile, a young swordsman and his fellow disciple are accidentally drawn into the chaos.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and cool.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Sam HuiLing Wu Chung
- Cecilia Yip TungKiddo
- Jacky Cheung Hok-YauAu Yeung
- Sharla CheungRen Ying Ying
- Fennie Yuen Kit-YingBlue Phoenix
- Lau Siu-MingNgok
- Yuen WahZhor
- Lau ShunThe Eunuch
- Lam Ching-YingKuk
- Wu MaLau
Crew
- Tsui HarkDirector
- Tony Ching Siu-TungDirector
- King HuDirector
- Edward Leung Yiu-MingWriter
- Jason Lam Kee-ToWriter
- Wong YingWriter
- Louis ChaNovel
- Peter Pau Tak-HaiDirector of Photography
- Andy Lam Kwok-WahDirector of Photography
- Tsui HarkProducer
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