Swordsman II

Swordsman II
Theatrical poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	笑傲江湖之東方不敗
Simplified Chinese	笑傲江湖之东方不敗
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xiào Ào Jiāng Hú Zhī Dōng Fāng Bù Bài Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Siu3 Ngou6 Gong1 Wu4 Ji1 Dung1 Fong1 Bat1 Baai6
Directed by	Ching Siu-tung
Screenplay by	Hanson Chan Tang Pik-yin Tsui Hark
Based on	The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by Louis Cha
Produced by	Tsui Hark
Starring	Jet Li Brigitte Lin Rosamund Kwan Michelle Reis
Cinematography	Tom Lau
Edited by	Marco Mak
Music by	Richard Yuen
Production companies	Film Workshop Long Shong Pictures Golden Princess Film Production
Distributed by	Golden Princess Amusement
Release date	26 June 1992 (1992-06-26)
Running time	107 minutes (HK) 99 minutes (U.S) 112 minutes (Taiwan)
Country	Hong Kong
Languages	Cantonese Japanese Sichuanese Mandarin-dubbed version
Box office	HK$34,462,861

Swordsman II, also known as The Legend of the Swordsman, is a 1992 Hong Kong wuxia film very loosely adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. It was the second part of a trilogy: preceded by The Swordsman (1990) and followed by The East Is Red (1993). Directed by Ching Siu-tung,^[1] Swordsman II starred Jet Li, Brigitte Lin, Rosamund Kwan and Michelle Reis in the leading roles. None of the original cast from the previous film return except Fennie Yuen.