The Legend of Broken Sword

1979 Hong Kong film

The Legend of Broken Sword
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Traditional Chinese	折劍傳奇
Simplified Chinese	折剑传奇

Hanyu Pinyin	Zhé Jiàn Chuán Qí


Directed by	Ulysses Au-yeung
Written by	Gu Long
Produced by	Ching Lan-wing
Production company	東海影業公司
Release date	9 June 1979 (1979-06-09)
Running time	84 minutes
Countries	Hong Kong Taiwan
Languages	Mandarin, Cantonese (dubbed)

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.

Cast

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

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

External links

Dragon of the Lost Ark at IMDb
The Legend of Broken Sword at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase

The Chu Liuxiang Series by Gu Long

Characters

Chu Liuxiang

Novels

Chu Liuxiang Chuanqi (楚留香傳奇)	Xuehai Piaoxiang (血海飄香) Da Shamo (大沙漠) Huameiniao (畫眉鳥)
Chu Liuxiang Xinzhuan (楚留香新傳)	Bianfu Chuanqi (蝙蝠傳奇) Guilian Xiaqing (鬼戀俠情) Taohua Chuanqi (桃花傳奇) Xinyue Chuanqi (新月傳奇) Wuye Lanhua (午夜蘭花)