The Legend of Broken Sword
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The Legend of Broken Sword, also known as Dragon of the Lost Ark or Dressed to Fight, 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.
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 Ulysses Au-yeung and written by 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...
. The lead character, Hu Tiehua, appears in Gu Long's Chu Liuxiang
Chu Liuxiang
Chu Liuxiang is the fictional protagonist of the wuxia novel series Chu Liuxiang Series by Gu Long.Just like the Anglo-Saxon legend of Robin Hood, Chu Liuxiang is a thief who robs from the rich to help the poor and one who upholds justice in the jianghu. He is nicknamed "Daoshuai" or more...
novel series as well.
Cast
- Tien Peng as Hu Tiehua
- Doris Lung as Hung
- Man Kong-lung as Golden Bell Tang
- Ling Yun
- Elsa Yeung
- 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