''The Sword'' is a 1980 Hong Kong ''
wuxia
( ), which literally means "martial heroes", is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fiction, its popularity has caused it to be adapted ...
'' 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
The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...
. It was filmed in a provincial town of China
Shandong province (where
Confucius
Confucius ( ; zh, s=, p=Kǒng Fūzǐ, "Master Kǒng"; or commonly zh, s=, p=Kǒngzǐ, labels=no; – ) was a Chinese philosopher and politician of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. C ...
was born)
Cast
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Adam Cheng as Lee Mak-yin
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Norman Chui
Norman Chui Siu-keung (; born 16 October 1950) is a Hong Kong actor. He was best known for portraying heroic protagonists in many martial arts films from the 1970s to 1980s and later portraying villainous roles in the 1990s. Chui was contracted wi ...
as Lin Wan
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Bonnie Ngai
Bonnie, is a Scottish given name and is sometimes used as a descriptive reference, as in the Scottish folk song, My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean. It comes from the Scots language word "bonnie" (pretty, attractive), or the French bonne (good). That ...
as Yuen Kei
*JoJo Chan as Yin Siu-yu
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Tien Feng
Tien Feng (born Tien Yu-kun, 4 June 1928 – 22 October 2015) was a Chinese actor, who appeared in hundreds of films in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
He has acted with Bruce Lee in '' Fist of Fury'' (1972) and with Jackie Chan in '' Little Tiger of Can ...
as Fa Chin-shu
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Eddy Ko
Eddy Ko Hung (; born Ho Yiu-sum ; 1947) is a Hong Kong television and film actor who has worked on the TV stations RTV, ATV (both now defunct), and TVB. Most recently, he has made appearances in several international films including 2015's ''T ...
as Chan Tit-yee
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Hoi Sang Lee
Lee Hoi-sang (born April 15, 1941) is a Hong Kong martial arts film actor and martial artist, known for his roles in '' The 36th Chamber of Shaolin'' (as Abbot Li Hai Sheng) (1978), '' Shaolin Challenges Ninja'' (1978), ''The Incredible Kung Fu ...
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
External links
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1980 films
1980 action films
1980 martial arts films
Hong Kong action films
Hong Kong martial arts films
Wuxia films
1980s Cantonese-language films
Golden Harvest films
Films set in the Song dynasty
Films shot in Shandong
Films directed by Patrick Tam (film director)
1980s Hong Kong films
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