Return of the Sentimental Swordsman

Return of the Sentimental Swordsman
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Traditional	魔劍俠情
Simplified	魔剑侠情
Mandarin	Mó Jiàn Xiá Qíng
Cantonese	Mo1 Gim3 Hap6 Cing4
Directed by	Chor Yuen
Produced by	Run Run Shaw
Written by	Chor Yuen
Based on	Xiaoli Feidao by Gu Long
Starring	Ti Lung Alexander Fu Sheng Derek Yee Ching Li Lo Lieh Ku Feng Choh Seung-wan Ku Kuan-chung Kara Hui Tony Liu Yueh Hua
Narrated by	Cheng Miu
Music by	Eddie H. Wang
Cinematography	Wong Chit
Edited by	Chiang Hsing-lung Yu Siu-fung
Production company	Shaw Brothers Studio
Distributed by	Shaw Brothers Studio
Release date	31 January 1981 (1981-01-31)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Mandarin
Box office	HK$4,302,930

Return of the Sentimental Swordsman, also known as The Flying Blade, is a 1981 Hong Kong wuxia film written and directed by Chor Yuen and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, based on Gu Long's Xiaoli Feidao series of novels. It stars Ti Lung, Alexander Fu Sheng and Derek Yee.

It is the sequel to The Sentimental Swordsman (1977). It was one of Shaw Brothers' highest-grossing films in the studio's history, surpassing the original at the box office. An in-name-only "sequel", Perils of the Sentimental Swordsman, was released in 1982, with no relation to the main character of Little Flying Dagger Li, instead being based in the Lu Xiaofeng novel series (also by Gu Long), and its previous film adaptations.

Li "Little Flying Dagger" Xunhuan comes back to his home after three years of wandering. He has decided to have a normal life, but a group of skilled fighters and leaders are bent on killing him, so they can be ranked top by Bai Xiaosheng in his renowned list of the best warriors in the martial arts world. Li Xunhuan battles them as he searches for his estranged friend A'fei, who is now married and living in seclusion. Li asks A'fei to join forces and fight against a new threat that wants to rule the world: the Money Clan.