''The Book and the Sword'' is a 1960

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Louis Cha Louis Cha Leung-yung (; 10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong (), pronounced "Gum Yoong" in Cantonese, was a Chinese wuxia ("martial arts and chivalry") novelist and essayist who co-founded the Hong Kong dail ...

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The Book and the Sword ''The Book and the Sword'' is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was first serialised between 8 February 1955 and 5 September 1956The date conforms to the data published in Chen Zhenhui (陳鎮輝), ''Wuxia Xiaoshuo Xiaoyao Tan'' (武 ...

''. Directed and written by Lee Sun-fung, the film was divided into two parts, respectively released on 4 May and 9 June 1960 in Hong Kong.

Cast

: ''Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.'' * Cheung Ying as Chan Ka-lok / Kin-lung Emperor * Yung Siu-yi as Princess Fragrance * Tsi Law-lin as Fok-ching-tung * Chan Kam-tong as Man Tai-loi * Leung So-kam as Lok Bing * Shek Yin-tsi as Yu Yu-tung * Ma Kam-ling as Lei Yuen-chi * Lam Kau as Tsui Tin-wang * Sheung-koon Kwan-wai as Chow Yee *

Shih Kien Shek Wing-cheung (1 January 1913 – 3 June 2009), better known by his stage name Shih Kien, Sek Kin, or Sek Gin or Shek Kin(), was a Hong Kong–based Chinese actor. Shih is best known for playing antagonists and villains in several early Hong ...

as Cheung Chiu-chung * Yeung Yip-wang as Luk Fei-ching * Ho Siu-hung as Muk-cheuk-lun * Wong Chor-san as Chow Chung-ying *

Yuet-ching Lee Yuet-ching Lee () (1918 – 1997) was a Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Lee is credited with over 300 films. Career In 1937, Lee began acting in Hong Kong. Lee's early films include ''Producing Citizens'', a 1937 film directed by Lee Fa, and ' ...

as Mrs Chow * Chan Tsui-ping as Yuk Yu-yee * Siu Hon-sang as Pak Chun * Cheung Sing-fai * Liu Jialiang *

Yuen Siu-tien Yuen Siu-tien () (27 November 1912 – 8 January 1979) (also known as Yuan Xiaotian, Simon Yuen, Sam Seed or "Ol' Dirty") was a Hong Kong actor and martial artist. in the late 1970s, Yuen is perhaps best known as Beggar So (a.k.a. Sam Seed) in ...

* Chow Chung * Wah Wan-fung

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