“‘Sword Master’ is easily one of the best Chinese-language remakes in recent times.” ~ Edmund Lee, South China Morning Post “Personal and reverent, yet pulsating with visual invention, ‘Sword Master’ is a passionate love letter to Chinese cinema’s most quintessential genre …” ~ James March, Screen Anarchy “Stuffed with demon warriors, vamping concubines and overblown …
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- 2/15/2019
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
A reimagining of the Shaw Brothers classic “Death Duel” (1977), “Sword Master” is based on Gu Long’s novel, “The Third Master’s Sword”. The action packed drama was nominated for 5 awards, including Best Action Direction, at the 2017 Hong Kong Film Awards.
Swordsman and assassin Yen Shishan roams the country defeating lesser swordsmen and lives in the shadow of the only man who can match his skill, The Third Master, Hsieh Shao-Feng. Yen is presented with a contract to kill his nemesis by Mu-Yung Chiu-Ti, Hsieh’s abandoned bride. Upon his arrival at the Supreme Sword Manor, Yen learns that he has arrived 36 days too late to eliminate Hsieh, who has died. Despondent ,Yen leaves the manor and decides to live his best life as a gravedigger in a little village.
In the same village, a nameless man enters a brothel, running up a tab he cannot pay.
Swordsman and assassin Yen Shishan roams the country defeating lesser swordsmen and lives in the shadow of the only man who can match his skill, The Third Master, Hsieh Shao-Feng. Yen is presented with a contract to kill his nemesis by Mu-Yung Chiu-Ti, Hsieh’s abandoned bride. Upon his arrival at the Supreme Sword Manor, Yen learns that he has arrived 36 days too late to eliminate Hsieh, who has died. Despondent ,Yen leaves the manor and decides to live his best life as a gravedigger in a little village.
In the same village, a nameless man enters a brothel, running up a tab he cannot pay.
- 5/1/2018
- by Dionne Hawkins
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Well Go USA has acquired North American and UK rights to Derek Yee’s highly-anticipated martial arts epic Sword Master 3D.
Distribution Workshop is handling sales on the film, which is produced by Tsui Hark and Yee’s Film Unlimited for Bona Film Group.
Tsui previously directed and produced 3D hits such as Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate and The Taking Of Tiger Mountain.
Starring Lin Gengxin (The Taking Of Tiger Mountain) and Peter Ho (The Monkey King), Sword Master 3D is based on Gu Long’s 1975 wuxia novel The Third Master’s Sword. The film is in post-production for delivery summer 2016.
Distribution Workshop is handling sales on the film, which is produced by Tsui Hark and Yee’s Film Unlimited for Bona Film Group.
Tsui previously directed and produced 3D hits such as Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate and The Taking Of Tiger Mountain.
Starring Lin Gengxin (The Taking Of Tiger Mountain) and Peter Ho (The Monkey King), Sword Master 3D is based on Gu Long’s 1975 wuxia novel The Third Master’s Sword. The film is in post-production for delivery summer 2016.
- 3/14/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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