The Blade (Chinese: 刀) is a 1995 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Tsui Hark. The Hong Kong film is notable for its unusual style which includes dramatic close-ups, employment of color gels, frenetic camera use during the fight sequences and overall dark tone.
The Blade is a loose remake of Chang Cheh's 1967 film The One-Armed Swordsman.
Ding On (Vincent Zhao) is an orphaned worker at a blade factory called "Sharp Foundry", working alongsid...
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The Blade (Chinese: 刀) is a 1995 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Tsui Hark. The Hong Kong film is notable for its unusual style which includes dramatic close-ups, employment of color gels, frenetic camera use during the fight sequences and overall dark tone.
The Blade is a loose remake of Chang Cheh's 1967 film The One-Armed Swordsman.
Ding On (Vincent Zhao) is an orphaned worker at a blade factory called "Sharp Foundry", working alongside many others, including Iron Head (Moses Chan). An old master, On's dead father's friend, runs the factory while his daughter, Ling, who narrates the film, is romantically interested in both On and Iron Head. One day when out delivering the swords On and Iron Head witness a monk fending off a bunch of thugs, who later ambush and kill the monk in retaliation. Iron Head, furious, yells out the name of the factory, swearing revenge and taunting the thugs. Later that day, On discovers that his father died while saving his master from Fei Lung ...
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