The Romance of Book & Sword

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1987

1h 30m

History

Drama

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A Chinese rebel seeks to overthrow his older brother and establish a different dynasty on the throne.

Panos Kotzathanasis

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“The Romance of Book and Sword” suffers particularly for the way an extensive book was shrunk to fit in a feature format, with the issues with the story and characters and the narrative in general deeming it a mediocre effort

Rated: 5

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Very beautiful martial arts film that blends martial arts with poetic images. One of my personal favourites in the genre.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Ann Hui

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Shichang Da

Emperor Qian Long

Duo Fu Zhang

Chen Jia Luo

Liu Jia

Huo Qingtong

Yongquan Lu

Daozhang

Chunsheng Wu

Zhang Zhaozhong

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A Chinese rebel seeks to overthrow his older brother and establish a different dynasty on the throne.

Director: Ann Hui
Screenwriter: Ann Hui, Yung Kam
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: Chinese
Runtime: 1h 30m

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