The Water Margin (film)

The Water Margin
Film poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese水滸傳
Simplified Chinese水浒传
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShuí Hǔ Zhuàn
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingSeoi2 Wu2 Cyun4
Directed byChang Cheh
Pao Hsueh-li
Wu Ma
Screenplay byChang Cheh
Ni Kuang
Story byShi Nai'an
Produced byRun Run Shaw
StarringDavid Chiang
Tetsurō Tamba
CinematographyKung Mu-to
Edited byKwok Ting-hung
Music byFrankie Chan
Production
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Distributed by
Release date
  • 17 March 1972 (1972-03-17)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesMandarin
Cantonese

The Water Margin, also known Outlaws of the Marsh and Seven Blows Of The Dragon, is a 1972 Hong Kong film adapted from the Chinese classical 14th-century novel Water Margin. It was produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio and directed by Chang Cheh. Godfrey Ho was assistant director (as Chih Chiang Ho).