Swordsman DVD 1990 A kard mestere (Xiao ao jiang hu) / Directed by King Hu / Starring: Samuel Hui, Cecilia Yip, Jacky Cheung / 笑傲江湖

UPC 5998133152534

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: Cantonese 2.0, Hungarian 2.0

SUBTITLES: Hungarian

Runtime: 113 minutes

English Summary:

The Swordsman, also known as Swordsman, is a 1990 Hong Kong wuxia film. King Hu was credited as the director but allegedly left the project midway, and the film was completed by a team led by producer Tsui Hark. The film is adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.

The film is set in the Ming dynasty, during the Wanli Emperor. Gu Jinfu, a eunuch from the spy agency Eastern Depot, leads a team to retrieve the Chrysanthemum Manual, a martial arts manual which was stolen from the imperial palace. They track down and attack Lin Zhennan. Lin Zhennan encounters Linghu Chong and Yue Lingshan, two students from the Mount Hua Sect, and asks them to inform his son, Lin Pingzhi, where the manual is hidden.

While making their way to rendezvous with their Mount Hua Sect fellows, Linghu Chong and Yue Lingshan chance upon Liu Zhengfeng, who is planning to retire from the jianghu (martial artists' community) with his friend Qu Yang. Just then, Zuo Lengshan, who works for Eastern Depot, shows up with his men and tries to arrest Linghu Chong and Qu Yang. Linghu Chong and the others manage to escape, but Liu and Qu are seriously wounded in the process. Before committing suicide, Liu and Qu perform Xiaoao Jianghu, a musical piece they composed together, and pass their instruments and the score to Linghu Chong.

Hungarian Summary:

Ellopják Kína császárától azt az értékes titkos tekercset, amely a harcművészetekről szól. Egy teljes hadsereg indul a tekercs felkutatására és visszaszerzésére. A kard mestere, a fiatal harcművész szakértő is belekeveredik a dolgokba, s fel kell vennie a harcot egy törvénytelen kínai szektával, valamint a rivális harcművészeti iskolával...

Cast / Szereplők:

• Sam Hui as Linghu Chong
• Cecilia Yip as Yue Lingshan
• Jacky Cheung as Ouyang Quan
• Sharla Cheung as Ren Yingying
• Fennie Yuen as Lan Fenghuang
• Lau Siu-ming as Yue Buqun
• Wu Ma as Liu Zhengfeng (guest appearance)
• Lam Ching-ying as Qu Yang (guest appearance)
• Yuen Wah as Zuo Lengshan *(guest appearance)
• Lau Shun as Gu Jinfu (guest appearance)
• Cheung Ming-man as Luk Ta-yau (guest appearance)
• Kam Shan as Lam Chan-nam
• Han Ying-chieh as Feng Qingyang (guest appearance and final performance)
• Wong Chi-wai as New head of Seun Fung Tong
• John Cheung as Clan member
• Cheung Yiu-sing as Ouyang's man
• Chang Sing-kwong as Gu's thug/Mount Hua Sect's disciple
• Joe Chu as Gu's thug/snake fighter
• Wong Lik as Victim of snake fighter
• Lai Sing-kwong as Gu's thug/Victim of snake fighter
• Kong Chuen as Gu's fighter
• Fei Kin as Gu's thug
• Cho Yuen-tat as Gu's thug
• Fan Chin-hung as Gu's thug
• Lau Chi-ming as Gu's thug
• Ling Chi-hung as Gu's thug
• Cheng Chi-ho as Gu's thug
• Lee Wah-kon as Imperial librarian
• Woo Wing-tat
• Chan King-chi
• Wong Wai-fong