The Sentimental Swordsman (1977)
- Original title
- 多情劍客無情劍
- Directed by
- Chor Yuen
- Genre
- drama film, action film, martial arts film
- Country
- British Hong Kong
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 20 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A skilled swordsman with a romantic heart returns to his homeland and gets entangled in a web of rivalry and old flames. He must navigate treacherous alliances and deadly duels while protecting those he loves.
melancholicaction-packeddramaticromanticswordsmantragicheroicnostalgic
What happens
The Sentimental Swordsman (多情劍客無情劍) is a 1977 Hong Kong wuxia film written and directed by Chor Yuen and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. It starred Ti Lung, Derek Yee, Ching Li, Elliot Ngok, Fan Mei-sheng, and Ku Feng. The film is adapted from the novel Duoqing Jianke Wuqing Jian of the Xiaoli Feidao Series by Gu Long. The Sentimental Swordsman was one of the Shaw Brothers Studio's highest grossing films, and was followed by a 1981 sequel, Return of the Sentimental Swordsman. In 1982, the Shaw Brothers Studio released Perils of the Sentimental Swordsman, which is not related to the Xiaoli Feidao Series but adapted from the Lu Xiaofeng Series also by Gu Long. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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