The Sentimental Swordsman is a 1977 Hong Kong wuxia

Wuxia

Wuxia is a broad genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists. Although wuxia is traditionally a form of literature, its popularity has caused it to spread to diverse art forms like Chinese opera, manhua , films, television series, and video games...

film directed by Chor Yuen

Chor Yuen

Zhang Baojian , better known as Chor Yuen, is a Hong Kong-based Chinese film director, screenwriter and actor.-As director:*Cold Blade *The House of 72 Tenants *The Jade Tiger...

 and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio

Shaw Brothers Studio

The Shaw Brothers Studio , owned by Shaw Brothers Ltd., was the foremost and the largest movie production company of Hong Kong movies.From their distribution base in Singapore where they founded parent company Shaw Organization in 1924, and as a strategic development of their movie distribution...

, starring Ti Lung

Ti Lung

Tommy Tam Fu-Wing, also known as Ti Lung , or Dik Lung, is a Hong Kong actor.-Background:He studied Wing Chun under the martial arts master Chu Wan. In 1969, Ti was found by the Shaw Brothers and cast in Return of the One-Armed Swordsman opposite Jimmy Wang Yu, a role which would launch his career...

, Derek Yee

Derek Yee

Derek Yee Tung-sing , born in 1957, is a former Shaw Brothers actor from Hong Kong, currently a film director and screenwriter, who has achieved fame and respect in Hong Kong and international film festival circuits for treading carefully commercial viability concerns with artistic integrity...

, Ching Li, Yueh Hua

Elliot Ngok

Elliot Ngok Wah, better known as Yueh Hua, is a former Shaw Brothers actor and veteran TVB actor.-Career:Elly was born Leung Lok Wah in Shanghai, with native Cantonese roots. He immigrated to Hong Kong in 1962. He joined Shaw Brothers and started his acting career in 1965. His breakout film role...

, Fan Mei-sheng and Ku Feng. The film is based on Duoqing Jianke Wuqing Jian of Gu Long

Gu Long

Xiong Yaohua , better known by his pen name Gu Long , was a Chinese novelist and screenwriter. Xiong is best known for writing wuxia novels and novel series, which include: Juedai Shuangjiao, Xiaoli Feidao Series, Chu Liuxiang Series, Lu Xiaofeng Series and Xiao Shiyilang...

's Xiaoli Feidao Series of novels.

Plot

Due to his own extreme ideals, famed swordsman Li has lost everyone dear to him. After his life is saved by a rival swordsman, Li's overwhelming pride means he forsakes the woman he loves and lets her marry his saviour. Now resigned to traveling the country with his loyal aide, Li's only comfort is alcohol and the simple life he has now accepted. On one such journey, the lonely swordsman befriends the exceptionally skilled, yet secretive Fei who has his own pressures to contend with. Li then finds himself embroiled in a battle to own the highly-prized 'gold armour shirt' - a protective vest that can withstand any blow. As he discovers that many of the people he meets have a hidden agenda, Li realizes that Fei is the only man he can truly trust. This new friendship is put under test when the 'sentimental swordsman' is hunted down by numerous hired killers and framed for a series of crimes he didn't commit. The person behind Li's troubles proves to be elusive, though all the clues seem to point to the legendary 'Plum Blossom Bandit', a disguised figure whose identity has long proved elusive to the martial world.

Cast

• Ti Lung
  Ti Lung
  Tommy Tam Fu-Wing, also known as Ti Lung , or Dik Lung, is a Hong Kong actor.-Background:He studied Wing Chun under the martial arts master Chu Wan. In 1969, Ti was found by the Shaw Brothers and cast in Return of the One-Armed Swordsman opposite Jimmy Wang Yu, a role which would launch his career...
  
   as Little Flying Dagger Li
• Ching Li as Lin Xian Er
• Derek Yee
  Derek Yee
  Derek Yee Tung-sing , born in 1957, is a former Shaw Brothers actor from Hong Kong, currently a film director and screenwriter, who has achieved fame and respect in Hong Kong and international film festival circuits for treading carefully commercial viability concerns with artistic integrity...
  
   as Ah Fei
• Yueh Hua
  Elliot Ngok
  Elliot Ngok Wah, better known as Yueh Hua, is a former Shaw Brothers actor and veteran TVB actor.-Career:Elly was born Leung Lok Wah in Shanghai, with native Cantonese roots. He immigrated to Hong Kong in 1962. He joined Shaw Brothers and started his acting career in 1965. His breakout film role...
  
   as Long Xiao Yun
• Candice Yu
  Candice Yu
  Candice Yu born Yu De Ying on 22 October 1959) is a Hong Kong film actress and occasional singer, best known for her films with Shaw Studio of the 1970s and 1980s...
  
   as Shi Yin
• Fan Mei-sheng as Chuan Jia
• Ku Feng as Zhao Zheng Yi
• Norman Chu as Iron Flute
• Ngai Fei as Iron Sword Tian Qi
• Yuen Wah
  Yuen Wah
  Yuen Wah is a Hong Kong based Chinese action film actor, action choreographer, stuntman and martial artist who has appeared in over 160 films and over 20 television series.-Early life:...
  
   as You Long Sheng
• Goo Man-chung as Gong Sun
• Cheng Miu as Shaolin abbot
• Yeung Chi-hing as Monk Xin Mei
• Ku Kuan-chung as Monk Xin Jian
• Chan Shen as Shaolin monk
• Wang Sha as Doctor Mei Er
• Shum Lo as Hua Feng
• Lee Sau-kei as Zhu Ge Lei
• Keung Hon as Golden Lion Escort man in blue
• Wong Pau-gei as Golden Lion Escort man
• Fung Hak-on as White Snake
• Alan Chui as Black Snake
• San Kuai as Black Snake's man
• Yuen Yat-choh as Black Snake's man
• Brandy Yuen as Black Snake's man
• Wong Chi-keung as Black Snake's man
• Chan Kwok-kuen as Black Snake's man in yellow
• Lau Jun-fai as Black Snake's man / Yun's man
• Chiang Nan as 5 Poisons Kid with cold needle
• Fung Ging-man as 5 Poisons Kid's man with bun
• Cheung Chok-chow as 5 Poisons Kid's man selling bun
• Lui Hung as 5 Poisons Kid's woman with noodle
• Lo Wai
  Lo Wai
  Lo Wai is a walled village in Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling, Hong Kong. It is located along the Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail.The Entrance Tower and Enclosing Walls of Lo Wai are declared monuments.-External links:*...
  
   as 5 Poisons Kid's man
• Wong Chi-ming as 5 Poisons Kid's man
• Chui Fat as 5 Poisons Kid's man
• Ng Hong-sang as Yun's invited hero
• Jamie Luk as Yun's invited hero
• Stephan Yip as Yun's invited hero
• Tang Tak-cheung as Yun's invited hero
• Yuen Cheung-yan
  Yuen Cheung-Yan
  Yuen Cheung-Yan is an actor, director, stuntman, and fight choreographer who has worked for many years in the Hong Kong film industry. During the 1970s and early 1980s, he worked with Yuen Woo-Ping and other members of the Yuen family on several films, some of them bizarre kung fu comedies such as...
  
   as Yun's invited hero
• Wang Han-chen as Golden Palm Wang Chen
• Lam Ching-ying as Yun's man
• Chik Ngai-hung as Yun's man
• Liu Wai as Shen Lao San
• Yuen Bun as Shaolin disciple
• Chan Dik-hak as Shaolin disciple
• Law Keung as Shaolin disciple
• To Wing-leung as Shaolin monk
• Ting Tung as Huan's escort to Shaolin
• Sai Gwa-pau as cook
• Tsang Choh-lam as waiter
• Wong Kung-miu as waiter
• Fung Ming as restaurant customer
• Cheung Sek-au as restaurant customer
• Ng Yuen-fan
• Lau Wai-man
• Lam Choi
• Kong Chuen

See also

• The Romantic Swordsman (1978 TV series)
  The Romantic Swordsman (1978 TV series)
  The Romantic Swordsman is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Gu Long's novel Duoqing Jianke Wuqing Jian of the Xiaoli Feidao Series...
  
  
• The Romantic Swordsman (1995 TV series)
  The Romantic Swordsman (1995 TV series)
  The Romantic Swordsman is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Gu Long's novel Duoqing Jianke Wuqing Jian of the Xiaoli Feidao Series...
  
  
• Flying Daggers
  Flying Daggers
  Flying Daggers is a Taiwanese television series adapted from Gu Long's novel Feidao Youjian Feidao of the Xiaoli Feidao Series. The series is produced by Yang Pei-pei and starred Julian Cheung, Ruby Lin and Dong Jie.-Plot:...