The Sword (1980 film)
Appearance
The Sword | |
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Traditional Chinese | 名劍 |
Simplified Chinese | 名剑 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Míng Jiàn |
Jyutping | Ming4 Gim3 |
Directed by | Patrick Tam |
Screenplay by | Lau Shing-hon Clifford Choi Wong Ying Patrick Tam Lo Chi-keung Lau Tin-chi |
Story by | Wong Ying |
Produced by | Raymond Chow |
Starring | Adam Cheng Norman Chu JoJo Chan Tien Feng Bonnie Ngai Eddy Ko Lee Hoi-sang |
Cinematography | Bill Wong |
Edited by | Peter Cheung |
Music by | Joseph Koo |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Golden Harvest |
Release date | 14 August 1980 |
Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Box office | HK$2,646,769 |
The Sword is a 1980 Hong Kong wuxia film co-written and directed by Patrick Tam and starring Adam Cheng.[1]
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 in Shandong province, China.
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
- ^ 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) –"
External links
Categories:
- 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
- 1980s Hong Kong film stubs
- Martial arts film stubs