The Legend of Broken Sword

The Legend of Broken Sword, also known as Dragon of the Lost Ark or Dressed to Fight,[1] is a 1979 wuxia film directed by Ulysses Au-yeung and written by Gu Long. The lead character, Hu Tiehua, appears in Gu Long's Chu Liuxiang novel series as well.

The Legend of Broken Sword
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Traditional Chinese折劍傳奇
Simplified Chinese折剑传奇
Hanyu PinyinZhé Jiàn Chuán Qí
Directed byUlysses Au-yeung
Written byGu Long
Produced byChing Lan-wing
Production
company
東海影業公司
Release date
  • 9 June 1979 (1979-06-09)
Running time
84 minutes
CountriesHong Kong
Taiwan
LanguagesMandarin, Cantonese (dubbed)

Cast edit

  • Tien Peng as Hu Tiehua
  • Doris Lung as Hung
  • Man Kong-lung as Golden Bell Tang
  • Ling Yun
  • Elsa Yeung as Mai-ting
  • Au Lap-bo
  • Goo Chang
  • Su Chen-ping
  • Cheung Chung-kwai
  • Li Jian-ping
  • Yeung Gwan-gwan
  • Wong Yiu
  • Mo Man-sau
  • Shih Ting-ken
  • Cheung Hung-gei
  • Woo Hon-cheung

References edit

  1. ^ Palmer, Bill; Palmer, Karen; Meyers, Ric (1995). The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 92. ISBN 0-8108-4160-6.

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