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A Man Called Hero | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 中華英雄 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 中华英雄 | ||||||||||
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Directed by | Andrew Lau | ||||||||||
Screenplay by | Manfred Wong | ||||||||||
Story by | Ma Wing-shing | ||||||||||
Based on | Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword by Ma Wing-shing | ||||||||||
Produced by | Manfred Wong Barbie Tung | ||||||||||
Starring | Ekin Cheng Shu Qi Kristy Yang Nicholas Tse Yuen Biao Jerry Lamb Dion Lam Anthony Wong Ken Lo Francis Ng Elvis Tsui | ||||||||||
Cinematography | Andrew Lau | ||||||||||
Edited by | Danny Pang | ||||||||||
Music by | Chan Kwong-wing | ||||||||||
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Distributed by | Golden Harvest Sahamongkol Film International | ||||||||||
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Running time | 116 minutes | ||||||||||
Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
Languages | Cantonese Mandarin | ||||||||||
Box office | HK$23,368,902 |
A Man Called Hero is a 1999 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Andrew Lau. It is loosely based on the manhua series Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword by Hong Kong artist Ma Wing-shing. It won the 1999 Golden Horse Award for Best Visual Effects.[1]