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The Romance of Book and Sword

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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
company
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]

Plot

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The film covers the first half of the novel and ends with the truce between the Qianlong Emperor and the Red Flower Society at Liuhe Pagoda. The two major subplots in the novel are omitted: Li Yuanzhi and Zhou Qi do not appear in the film.

Cast

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  • Zhang Duofu as Chen Jialuo
    • Jiang Wei as young Chen Jialuo
  • Chang Dashi as Qianlong Emperor
  • Liu Jia as Huoqingtong
  • Ding Cuihua as Luo Bing
  • Lü Yongquan as Taoist Wuchen
  • Yu Dalu as Zhao Banshan
  • Guo Bichuan as Wen Tailai
  • Wang Jingqiu as Zhang Jin
  • Hou Changrong as Yu Yutong
  • Chen Youwang as Xu Tianhong
  • Ren Naichang as Shi Shuangying
  • Zhang Jun as Chang Bozhi
  • Wang Wei as Chang Hezhi
  • Zheng Jianhua as Jiang Sigen
  • Fu Yongcai as Wei Chunhua
  • Sun Chenxi as Xinyan
  • Wang Hongtao as Yu Wanting
  • Wu Chunsheng as Zhang Zhaozhong
  • Yang Junsheng as Heshen
  • Ding Tao as Zhaohui
  • Deng Jie as Chen Jialuo's mother
  • Ge Lili as Qinghua
  • Zhu Yi as Prince Su
  • Zhang Xuehao as Li Kexiu
  • Wang Wensheng as Long Jun
  • Shi Wei as Wet nurse
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