The Wandering Swordsman is a 1970 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 Chang Cheh

Chang Cheh

Chang Cheh was Shaw Brothers Studio's best known and most prolific film director, with such films as the Five Venoms, the Brave Archer , the The One-Armed Swordsman, and other classics of wuxia and kung fu film.-Career:Referred to as "The Godfather of Hong Kong cinema", Chang Cheh directed over 100...

 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 David Chiang

David Chiang

John Chiang is a Hong Kong actor. His Chinese name is Chiang Da-wei . He is sometimes credited as David Chiang.-Biography:...

 and Lily Li

Lily Li

Lily Li is a Hong Kong actress.-Filmography:* State of Divinity * Centre Stage* The Young Master* Disciples of the 36th Chamber* Shatter* Shaolin Mantis* Challenge of the Masters...

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Plot

The wandering swordsman Yu Hsieh Erh travels around seeking adventure and meets a group of bandits who are planning to rob a convoy escorting some valuables. Initially, he is tricked by them into participating in the robbery but then realises his folly and he returns to take his revenge on them.

Cast

• David Chiang
  David Chiang
  John Chiang is a Hong Kong actor. His Chinese name is Chiang Da-wei . He is sometimes credited as David Chiang.-Biography:...
  
   as Wandering Swordsman
• Lily Li
  Lily Li
  Lily Li is a Hong Kong actress.-Filmography:* State of Divinity * Centre Stage* The Young Master* Disciples of the 36th Chamber* Shatter* Shaolin Mantis* Challenge of the Masters...
  
   as Jiang Ning / Siao Ning Ji
• Cheng Lui as Chief Jiang Wei
• Cheung Pooi-saan as "Fail Safe" Kung Wu
• Wang Kuang-yu as Single Swordsman Jin Li Loi
• Wu Ma
  Wu Ma
  Wu Ma is a Chinese actor, director, producer and writer. Wu Ma made his screen debut in 1963, and with over 180 appearances to his name , Wu Ma is one of the most familiar faces in the history of Hong Kong Cinema...
  
   as Foxy Hou Jiou
• Chan Sing as Iron King Jung Sz Hu
• Lau Gong as Flying Robber Fang Tien Lung
• Hung Lau as Flying Robber Guo Tien Wan
• Bolo Yeung
  Bolo Yeung
  Yang Sze , better known as Bolo Yeung, is a former competitive bodybuilder and a martial arts film actor. Primarily cast as the villain in the movies he stars in, he is best known for his performances as Bolo in Enter the Dragon and as Chong Li in Bloodsport, and also for his many appearances in...
  
   as Unicorn
• Tung Li as Chief Huang
• Nam Wai-lit as Chief Wen
• Tung Choi-bo as Chief Xie
• Lau Kwan as casino gambler
• Wong Pau-gei as Brother Choy
• Wong Chung as Wei Sheng Security member
• Cliff Lok
  Cliff Lok
  Cliff Lok, also Koo Lung, Ku Lung, Gam Tung, Chin Tong, Chin Tung, Lung Goon-Ting, Lung Kuan-Ting, Kan Tung, Kam Tung and Cliff Lok Kam Tung is a retired Chinese film actor and martial artist who worked in the Cinema of Hong Kong. He began his career at the Peking Opera...
  
   as Wei Sheng Security member
• 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 Wei Sheng Security member
• Yuen Shun-yi as Wei Sheng Security member / robber
• Hsu Hsia as Wei Sheng Security member
• Chan Siu-gai as Wei Sheng Security member
• Yee Kwan as casino dealer
• Wu Por as casino cashier
• Chui Chung-hok as casino thug
• Chan Keung as casino thug
• Fuk Yan-cheng as casino gambler
• Yue Man-wa as casino gambler
• Chan Chuen as robber
• Yuen Woo-ping
  Yuen Woo-ping
  Yuen Woo-ping is a Chinese martial arts choreographer and film director, renowned as one of the most successful and influential figures in the world of Hong Kong action cinema. He is one of the inductees on the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong...
  
   as robber
• 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 robber
• Yen Shi-kwan as robber
• Fung Hap-so as robber
• Chan Seng-tong as robber
• Lai Yan as robber
• Wong Ching as robber
• Tam Bo as robber
• Ko Hung as robber
• Ng Yuen-fan as Unicorn Clan member / robber
• Wong Mei as Unicorn Clan member
• Chin Chun as restaurant boss
• Lok Ming as restaurant waiter
• Lau Cheun as restaurant patron
• Tsang Choh-lam as eatery waiter
• Goo Chim-hung as eatery boss
• Kwan Yan as eatery customer
• Hao Li-jen as villager fleeing flood
• Lau Kar-wing
• San Sin
• Kong Chuen
• Wan Leng-gwong
• Fan Dan

External links

• The Wandering Swordsman at Hong Kong Cinemagic