Swordsman II

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Swordsman II
Directed by Siu-Tung Ching
Stanley Tong
Written by Jin Yong
Starring Jet Li
Brigitte Lin
Rosamund Kwan
Michelle Reis
Release date(s) 1991
Country Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Preceded by The Swordsman
Followed by The East is Red aka Swordsman III
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Swordsman II (traditional Chinese: 笑傲江湖之東方不敗; simplified Chinese: 笑傲江湖之东方不敗; pinyin: Xiào Ào Jiāng Hú Zhī Dōng Fāng Bù Bài; Cantonese Yale: Siu3 Ngou6 Gong1 Wu4 Ji1 Dung1 Fong1 Bat1 Baai6) is a Hong Kong action film made in 1991. It was directed by Siu-Tung Ching and Stanley Tong and written by Hanson Chan, Jin Yong, Tang Pik-yin and Tsui Hark. This movie was the second in a trilogy of films. It stars a young Jet Li, Brigitte Lin, Rosamund Kwan and Michelle Reis.

Swordsman II is one of the most popular adaptions of a series of books by Jin Yong called The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. Many earlier and later adaptations of the book exist, including several tv shows and movie versions.

This movie adaptation barely followed the actual book series. The movie created a love affair between the main character and the antagonist, which never existed in the book. The main character in the movie seemed to chase women all the time, which is not how the main character in the book series was characterized. The role of the antagonist, Dongfang Bubai (東方不敗), was greatly expanded in film. Finally, the ending in the movie is different than the book series. The movie ends with the main character and his lover sailing to Japan, while the book series ends with the main character becoming the most powerful Wuxia, retiring from the worldly affairs and spending the rest of his days having an instrumental duet of the song Xiao Ao Jiang Hu with his lover.

The speech of Ren Ying Ying and Lan Feng Huang in the movie belongs to the China Sichuan local dialect. Their pronuciation is far different from the Mandarin, and this Sichuan accent / pronunciation is suppose to bring a Miao Race flavour.

[edit] Plot

The story follows the main character Ling Wu Chung in feudal China.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Box Office

The film's Hong Kong gross was HK $34,462,861

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