The Sword (1980 film) explained

The Sword
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T:名劍
S:名剑
P:Míng Jiàn
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Director:Patrick Tam
Producer:Raymond Chow
Screenplay:Lau Shing-hon
Clifford Choi
Wong Ying
Patrick Tam
Lo Chi-keung
Lau Tin-chi
Story:Wong Ying
Starring:Adam Cheng
Norman Chu
JoJo Chan
Tien Feng
Bonnie Ngai
Eddy Ko
Lee Hoi-sang
Music:Joseph Koo
Cinematography:Bill Wong
Editing:Peter Cheung
Studio:Golden Harvest
Distributor:Golden Harvest
Runtime:86 minutes
Country:Hong Kong
Language:Cantonese
Gross: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

Notes and References

  1. 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) –"