The Romance of Book and Sword
1987·Hong Kong·89 min.
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The story is based on the popular novel developed from folk legend. It goes that the Manchurian emperor Qianlong of China (circa 18th Century) was actually the son of a Han Chinese, the subject ethnicity. His brother of blood, Chen Jialuo just happened to be the chief of the Red Flower Society, an anti-Manchu secret society. Chen, a learned scholar, thought he could get his brother turn his back on the Manchu and restore the Han Chinese reign.
DirectorAnn Hui
MusicLaw Wing-Fai
CinematographyBill Wong
CastDa Shichang·Cheung Doh-Fook·Liu Jia·Suen San-Hei·Guo Bi-Chuan·Ding Chui-Wa·Wu Chun-Sheng·Ren Nai-Chang·Yu Da-Lu·Lui Wing-Chuen·Jie Deng·Cuihua DingShow all
Original titleShu jian en chou lu (The Romance of Book and Sword)