Seven Swords
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| Traditional | 七劍 |
| Simplified | 七剑 |
| Mandarin | Qī Jiàn |
| Cantonese | Cat1 Gim3 |
| Directed by | Tsui Hark |
| Produced by | Tsui Hark Ma Zhongjun Lee Joo-ick Pan Zhizhong |
| Screenplay by | Tsui Hark Cheung Chi-sing Chun Tin-nam |
| Based on |
Qijian Xia Tianshan by Liang Yusheng |
| Starring |
Leon Lai Donnie Yen Charlie Yeung Sun Honglei Lu Yi Kim So-yeon |
| Music by | Kenji Kawai |
| Cinematography | Keung Kwok-man Herman Yau Choi Shung-fai |
| Edited by | Angie Lam |
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| Distributed by |
Mandarin Films Distribution Co. Ltd. Eng Wah Cinema The Weinstein Company Tokyo Shock |
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Running time
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153 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Mandarin Korean |
| Budget | US$18,000,000 |
| Box office | US$3,473,290 |
Seven Swords is a 2005 Hong Kong wuxia film produced and directed by Tsui Hark, starring Leon Lai, Donnie Yen, Charlie Yeung, Sun Honglei, Lu Yi and Kim So-yeon. The story is loosely adapted from Liang Yusheng's novel Qijian Xia Tianshan and is completely unrelated to the novel except for some characters' names. Seven Swords was used as the opening film to the 2005 Venice Film Festival and as a homage to Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film Seven Samurai.
In the mid-17th century, the Manchus conquer the territories of the former Ming Empire and establish the Qing Empire. While nationalistic sentiments start brewing within the wulin (martial artists' community), the Qing government immediately imposes a ban forbidding the common people from practising martial arts. The warlord Fire-Wind sees the new law as an opportunity to make a fortune so he offers to help the government execute the new rule. Greedy, cruel and immoral, Fire-Wind ravages northwest China with his army and kills thousands of resistance fighters and innocent civilians. His next goal is to attack Martial Village, which houses a large number of martial artists.
Fu Qingzhu, a retired executioner, feels an urge to stop Fire-Wind so he sets forth to save Martial Village. He brings with him two young villagers, Han Zhibang and Wu Yuanying, to Mount Heaven to seek help from Master Shadow-Glow, a reclusive swordsman and sword-forger. Shadow-Glow allows his four students – Chu Zhaonan, Yang Yuncong, Xin Longzi and Mulang – to accompany the trio on their quest. He also gives each of them a special sword he forged. The seven of them call themselves "Seven Swords". The Seven Swords return to Martial Village in the nick of time and successfully defeat and drive away Fire-Wind's soldiers. In order to buy time for the villagers to prepare for an evacuation, the Seven Swords head to Fire-Wind's base and cause damage by burning down their barn and poisoning their horses. During the raid, Chu Zhaonan encounters Fire-Wind's Korean slave girl, Green Pearl, and brings her along as they make their escape.
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