The Romance of Book and Sword

The Romance of Book and Sword
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Traditional Chinese書劍恩仇錄
Simplified Chinese书剑恩仇录
Hanyu PinyinShū Jiàn Ēn Chóu Lù
Directed byAnn Hui
Screenplay byChun Sai-sam
Story byLouis Cha
Produced byShen Minhui
Guo Fengqi
CinematographyBill Wong
Edited byChau Muk-leung
Music byGu Guanren
Law Wing-fai
Production
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Release date
  • 13 August 1987 (1987-08-13)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin
Box officeHK$5,991,706.00

The Romance of Book and Sword (released as Jiangnan Shujian Qing, 江南書劍情 in mainland China) is a 1987 Hong Kong film by Ann Hui, based on Louis Cha's novel The Book and the Sword. The film was followed by Princess Fragrance, released later in the same month and also directed by Ann Hui. The films are among the earliest Hong Kong films to be completely shot in mainland China with a full mainland Chinese cast.[citation needed]