| The Swordsman | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 笑傲江湖 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 笑傲江湖 | ||||||||||
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| Directed by | King Hu Ching Siu-tung (Executive director) Tsui Hark (Executive director) Raymond Lee (Executive director) Ann Hui (uncredited) Andrew Kam (uncredited) | ||||||||||
| Screenplay by | Wong Ying Edward leung Tai Foo-ho Lam Kee-to Lau Tai-muk Kwan Man-leung | ||||||||||
| Based on | The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by Louis Cha | ||||||||||
| Produced by | Tsui Hark | ||||||||||
| Starring | Sam Hui Cecilia Yip Jacky Cheung Sharla Cheung Fennie Yuen Lau Siu-ming | ||||||||||
| Cinematography | Andy Lam Peter Pau | ||||||||||
| Edited by | Marco Mak David Wu | ||||||||||
| Music by | Romeo Díaz James Wong | ||||||||||
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| Distributed by | Newport Entertainment | ||||||||||
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Running time | 120 minutes | ||||||||||
| Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Languages | Cantonese | ||||||||||
| Box office | HK$16,052,552 | ||||||||||
The Swordsman, also known as Swordsman, is a 1990 Hong Kong wuxia film. King Hu was credited as the director but allegedly left the project midway, and the film was completed by a team led by producer Tsui Hark. The film is loosely adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. The film was followed by two sequels: Swordsman II (1992) and The East Is Red (1993).