All Men Are Brothers: Blood of the Leopard

All Men Are Brothers: Blood of the Leopard

Film poster
Traditional 水滸傳之英雄本色
Simplified 水浒传之英雄本色
Mandarin Shuǐ Hǔ Zhuàn Zhī Yīng Xióng Běn Sè
Cantonese Seoi2 Fu2 Zyun2 Zi1 Jing1 Hung4 Bun2 Sik1
Directed by Billy Chan
Produced by Wilson Tong
Screenplay by Johnny Lee
Based on Water Margin 
by Shi Nai'an
Starring Tony Leung
Joey Wong
Elvis Tsui
Sean Lau
Music by William Hu
Cinematography Joe Chan
Edited by Poon Hung
Production
company
HK Film Entertainment Production
Pearl River Films
China Film Co-Production
Distributed by Newport Entertainment
Release dates
 2 April 1993 (1993-04-02)
Running time
 97 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Box office HK$6,595,025

All Men Are Brothers: Blood of the Leopard is a 1993 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Billy Chan and starring Tony Leung, Joey Wong, Elvis Tsui and Sean Lau. The film is adapted from Shi Nai'an's novel Water Margin, which is considered as one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.

Plot

Lam Chung (Tony Leung), the coach of eight hundred thousand Royal Guards, is a righteous person that is highly regarded by the imperial court and is addressed as a "martial arts mania". One day, Lam meets "Flowery Monk" Lo Chi-sam at Mount Wutai and with their wise appreciation of each other, they become sworn brothers. In order to help his brother to avoid frustration, Lo advises Lam to go to Liangshan County with him, but Lam rejects due to his loyalty.

Lam meets Sau Ng (Sean Lau) and became good friends with him. Ko Nga-noi (Pal Sinn), the godson of evil official Ko Chau (Lau Shun) is coveted by the beauty of Lam's wife (Joey Wong). His underling Luk Him (Lam Wai) is bent on taking the title of the coach of the eight hundred thousand Royal Guards. Lam is later framed by Ko Chau and was sentenced to be escorted to Changzhou Road. In the meantime, Lam's wife, who was trying to protect her chastity, was accidentally killed by Ko Nga-noi. Sau, who is mortally wounded, informs Lam and at this time, Lo joins forces with his brother Lam to battle the army soldiers. Finally, Lam kills Luk Him and avenges his beloved wife and his friend Sau. While on despair, Lam goes to Liangshan with Lo and they become Water Margin Heroes.

Cast

Further information: List of Water Margin characters
Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.

Box office

The film grossed HK$6,595,025 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 2 to 15 April 1993 in Hong Kong.

Award nomination

External links

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