The Blade
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Tsui Hark
Wing Zhao
Xiong Xinxin
Sang Ni
Wai Tin-chi
Chung Bik-ha
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A tale about the complications that occur when one woman dreams of two men competing for her hand.
Director
Tsui Hark
Cast
Wing Zhao
Xiong Xinxin
Sang Ni
Wai Tin-chi
Chung Bik-ha
Valerie Chow
Moses Chan
Crew
Yuen Bin
William Chang Suk-ping
William Chang Suk-ping
Raymond Chow
Tsui Hark
Tsui Hark
Tsui Hark
Keung Kwok-man
Leung Likchui
Bill Lui
Yu Sai-lun
Tung Wai
Yau Wai-ming
Raymond Wong
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States February 1996
Released in United States June 1996
Released in United States July 1996
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States May 2001
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 15-26, 1996.
Shown at 19th Asian American International Film Festival July 19-21 & 25-28, 1996.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 28 - February 8, 1998.
"The Blade" is a radical reworking of the 1967 Shaw Brothers Classic "The One-Armed Swordsman" (Hong Kong/1967).
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States February 1996 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 15-26, 1996.)
Released in United States June 1996 (Shown in Los Angeles (Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex) as part of program "AFI Tribute To Hong Kong Cinema" June 14-20, 1996.)
Released in United States July 1996 (Shown at 19th Asian American International Film Festival July 19-21 & 25-28, 1996.)
Released in United States 1997 (Shown in New York City (Cinema Village) as part of program "Festival Hong Kong '97: A Cinema in Transition" August 15 - September 11, 1997.)
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 28 - February 8, 1998.)
Released in United States May 2001 (Shown in New York City (Anthology Film Archives) as part of program "Once Upon A Time in Hong Kong: A Tsui Hark Retrospective" May 25-28, 2001.)
