Swordsman II | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 笑傲江湖之東方不敗 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 笑傲江湖之东方不敗 | ||||||||||
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Directed by | Ching Siu-tung | ||||||||||
Screenplay by | Hanson Chan Tang Pik-yin Tsui Hark | ||||||||||
Based on | The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by Louis Cha | ||||||||||
Produced by | Tsui Hark | ||||||||||
Starring | Jet Li Brigitte Lin Rosamund Kwan Michelle Reis | ||||||||||
Cinematography | Tom Lau | ||||||||||
Edited by | Marco Mak | ||||||||||
Music by | Richard Yuen | ||||||||||
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Distributed by | Golden Princess Amusement | ||||||||||
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Running time | 107 minutes (HK) 99 minutes (U.S) 112 minutes (Taiwan) | ||||||||||
Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
Languages | Cantonese Japanese Sichuanese Mandarin-dubbed version | ||||||||||
Box office | HK$34,462,861 |
Swordsman II, also known as The Legend of the Swordsman, is a 1992 Hong Kong wuxia film very loosely adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. It was the second part of a trilogy: preceded by The Swordsman (1990) and followed by The East Is Red (1993). Directed by Ching Siu-tung,[1] Swordsman II starred Jet Li, Brigitte Lin, Rosamund Kwan and Michelle Reis in the leading roles. None of the original cast from the previous film return except Fennie Yuen.