The Guillotines

The Guillotines
Film poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese血滴子
Simplified Chinese血滴子
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiě Dī Zǐ / Xuè Dī Zǐ
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingHyut3 Dik1 Zi2
Directed byAndrew Lau
Screenplay byJojo Hui
Joyce Chan
Aubrey Lam
Philip Lui
Guo Junli
Peter Tsi
Produced byPeter Chan
Andrew Lau
Jojo Hui
StarringMark Huang
Ethan Juan
Shawn Yue
Chris Lee
Bobo Jing
CinematographyEdmond Fung
Edited byAzrael Chung
Music byChan Kwong-wing
Production
companies
Stellar Megamedia Group
We Pictures
Release date
  • 20 December 2012 (2012-12-20)
Running time
112 minutes
CountriesChina
Hong Kong
LanguageMandarin
BudgetUS$15,000,000[1]

The Guillotines is a 2012 Chinese-Hong Kong wuxia drama film directed by Andrew Lau,[2] starring Huang Xiaoming, Ethan Juan, Shawn Yue, Li Yuchun and Jing Boran. It is a remake of the 1975 Shaw Brothers film Flying Guillotine.

  1. ^ Karen Chu (9 July 2011). "'Infernal Affairs' Director Andrew Lau, Peter Chan Team for 'The Guillotines'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  2. ^ Brown, Todd (24 October 2011). "AFM 2011: Get Your First Look At Andrew Lau's Flying Guillotine". Twitch Film. Retrieved 25 October 2011.