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 Seven Swords 《七劍》 (2005), Leon Lai, Donnie Yen, Charlie Yeung, Sun Hong Lei |
 Oct 20 2004 12 54 AM
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SEVEN SWORDS
press release and casting announcement Mandarin Films (posted September 3rd, 2004)  TSUI HARK ANNOUNCES SEVEN SWORDS Internationally acclaimed director, Tsui Hark, announced his new martial arts wuxia epic project, SEVEN SWORDS, today in Beijing. Featuring a star-studded cast, SEVEN SWORDS will be shot in various locations in Xinjiang, China. Produced, directed, and written by Tsui Hark, SEVEN SWORDS is an action-packed wuxia epic about love, betrayal, and heroism. Starring Asia hottest stars, including award winning Hong Kong actor and singer Leon Lai (Three, Infernal Affairs 3), versatile actress Charlie Young (New Police Story, Fallen Angels), international action star Donnie Yen (Blade 3, Hero), award winning China actors Sun Hong-Lei (Zhou Yu's Train) and Lu Yi, and actress Kim So Yeon from Korea. With state of the art costume and set designs by Eddie Wong (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), and action direction by acclaimed martial arts choreographer, Lau Kar-Leung (Drunken Master 2). Adapted from renowned writer Liang Yu-Shen timeless classic, SEVEN SWORDS tells the story of seven unlikely heroes gathered together to save a village from the massacre of a general that is seeking a fortune through killing. In the early 1600, the long ruling Ming Dynasty has been overthrown, and the Manchurian invaders from the north have taken over the sovereignty, beginning what is known as the Ching Dynasty, and a highly oppressive reign thus begins. In order to prevent rebels developing revolutionary plots, the newly set-up government immediately imposes a ruthless emergency martial law, ordering all martial art practitioners to turn in their weapons to district officials. Those who fail to do so will be considered committing a serious crime and would result to immediate execution. But soon enough, people would discover that even if they were to obey the law and turn in their weapon, their fate is equally in dire. Wind Fire, a surrendered military official from the previous dynasty, sees this as an opportunity to make a fortune for himself by helping to execute the new law. After endless massacres, Wind Fire next goal is to attack the final frontier, the village of Bowei Fortress. Fu Qingzhu, a retired executioner from the previous dynasty feels the need to put a stop to this brutality and sets out to save Bowei Fortress. He brings Wu Yuanyin and Han Zhiban from the village with him to Mount Heaven to seek help from Master Shadow-Glow, a hermit who is a master of swords and leads a group of disciples of great swordsmanship. Master Shadow-Glow agrees to help, and orders four of his best disciples to go. Together with Chu Zhaonan, Yang Yunchong, Mulong, and Xin Longzi, SEVEN SWORDS is formed. Fu Qingzhu takes the lead and they set out to save the people of Bowei Fortress. As they take the entire village leading them to the road of a safer place, they begin to encounter mysterious confusion. Food and water is poisoned, and trails of escape are marked with signs leading the enemy to them. They soon realize that there is an undercover spy amongst them, and SEVEN SWORDS must identify him/her before Wind Fire army gets to them Principle photography for SEVEN SWORDS begins September 1, 2004, and the entire film will be shot in Urumuqi, Tien Shan, Shanshan, and various locations in Xinjiang, China. The film is set for release in the summer of 2005. SEVEN SWORDS is produced and directed by Tsui Hark, from the script co-written by Tsui Hark, Cheung Chi-Sing, and Chun Tien-Nan. Executive Producers are Ma Zhong-Jun, Raymond Wong, and Lee Joo-Ick. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Hong Kong Entertainment News in Review http://www.hkentreview.com/2004/features/s...sevenpress.html To read more about the cast and which actor plays which character, follow the link above.  Official Site: http://www.sevenswordsthefilm.com/ Director: Tsui Hark Action Director: Liu Chia-Liang The CASTS: Donnie Yen as Chu Zhaonan Leon Lai as Yang Yuncong Liu Chia-Liang as Fu Qingzhu Charlie Yeung as Wu Yuanying Lu Yi as Han Zhibang Sun Honglei as Fire-Wind Kim So-Yeon as Green Pearl Duncan Lai as Mu Lang Dai Li-Wu as Xin Longzi Leon Lai  Donnie Yen  Charlie Yeung  Mount Heaven (one of the settings in this movie)  A Village in this movie  The Heros  Asian release date: July 29, 2005 |
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Oct 20 2004 2 05 AM
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faq.asianfanatics.net Group: AF-newbie |
i heard this movie have 6 episodes just like star wars. They're also doing a tv series on this too. I can't wait to see it.
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Oct 21 2004 2 22 AM
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wow so cool leon hasnt been in many movies lately.. plus he doesnt do ancient ones either wana see this!!
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 Oct 21 2004 3 03 AM
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i heard on the radio that Leon is pretty pleased with himself in this film. I don't recall him very many ancient time movies. Has he ever been in one actually?
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Oct 21 2004 10 21 AM
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loving Suki  Group: AF supporter |
Yeah, I am really excited about this movie. Hopefully this movie will be great. I think this movie will be filmed in mandarin, like Crouching Tiger... and Hero.
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Oct 21 2004 5 58 PM
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huh .. sounds good ey .. looking forward to this one .. tsui hark's movies are normally awesome ..
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Oct 27 2004 4 03 PM
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faq.asianfanatics.net Group: AF-newbie |
Asia's Lord of the rings perharps. really looking forward to this movie, heard that there will be a online game made for it as well.
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Oct 27 2004 4 16 PM
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faq.asianfanatics.net Group: AF-newbie |
Hope this will be a hit for Tsuk Hark. He hasn't had one for awhile.
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Oct 28 2004 2 13 AM
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QUOTE (Darkku @ Oct 27 2004 7 47 PM) whats this movie about?  thats an odd question isnt it?? i thought it explained at the top of thread... i think u should read it... |
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Oct 28 2004 4 26 PM
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donnie in a ancient movie is great,likes his kung fu style
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Oct 28 2004 4 34 PM
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faq.asianfanatics.net Group: AF-newbie |
hope Tsui Hark is gonna deliver a masterpiece again!
with Donnie Yen nothing can go really wrong  my first thought, when i read storyline, is seven samurai. But in 7 samurai there was no mole..... |
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Nov 8 2004 3 14 AM
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faq.asianfanatics.net Group: AF-newbie |
i heard this movie will be released nationwide next summer!!
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Nov 8 2004 6 42 AM
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wooo.. leon lai and charlie kwok... although I dn't really agree seeing leon lai in martial arts film.. makes things kinda werid.. but hehee.. due to the fact it'sanother one of those biggie films hehe i look forward to it. heard it's gonna come out after a while.. so people be patient
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Nov 24 2004 11 40 AM
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faq.asianfanatics.net Group: AF-newbie |
Just found this website with all the pix of the casts from both the series and movie.
http://ent.tom.com/1129/1229/2004114-105339.html |
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Nov 24 2004 8 25 PM
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it seems like a hot movies. before it's released, foreign entertainment buyers already bidding high price to get a piece of it.
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Nov 26 2004 7 06 AM
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QUOTE (oddbasket @ Oct 21 2004 11 14 AM) i think it will be a long time to completion I read that this movie will wrap up filming this Dec. It will be out next Summer. |
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Nov 27 2004 3 58 AM
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QUOTE (penguin666 @ Oct 27 2004 11 16 PM) Hope this will be a hit for Tsuk Hark. He hasn't had one for awhile. I think he didn't produce any good movie since wong fei hong. hope this will be a comeback for him. I really like his style of fliming movie. |
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Nov 29 2004 7 40 PM
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faq.asianfanatics.net Group: AF-newbie |
i'm also looking forward eagerly to this movie. i happen to really like tsui hark and alot of his movies with the except of legend of zu but with leon lai, charlie yeung, and donnie yen as the major casts, i'm sure they can pull off quite well.
and with the fact that 13 countries are already competing to buy the rights to the release is great news for the promotion of the film.  isn't it said somewhere that this film has already been invited to show at the cannes festival next year? or was that another one?
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Jan 16 2005 11 05 AM
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thx for the head up =)
some infos in english & pics here too This post has been edited by gozu: Jan 16 2005 11 11 AM |
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Jan 16 2005 11 58 AM
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faq.asianfanatics.net Group: AF-newbie |
I hope marimax doesn't get the rights for the US, they did a job on Hero in the editing room.
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Jan 18 2005 6 39 AM
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faq.asianfanatics.net Group: AF-newbie |
It's been a long while since we see a film by Tsui Hark, I too hope this will be a hit. So looking forward to this movie. Still few more months to Summer.
Anyway, here's a small pic of Charlie Yeung & Duncan while filming this movie. Credits to Duncan TW fanclub. 
This post has been edited by kooltotoro: Jan 18 2005 6 42 AM |
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Jan 19 2005 4 18 AM
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faq.asianfanatics.net Group: AF supporter |
  Here is some picture of movie. |
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Jan 22 2005 2 12 PM
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eric sor jai Group: AF-newbie |
uhm. are you joking dude? ofcourse its a chinese movie.
i cannot wait for Seven Swords to be released, Tsui Hark is a damn great director. hope the wait is worth it. |
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Jan 23 2005 6 06 AM
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faq.asianfanatics.net Group: AF-newbie |
Seems like a intereting movie...is this movie like "Hero", "CTHD" and "Flying Dagger" such go out to the whole world?
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Jan 25 2005 8 30 AM
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Tsui Hark film is the best . but i hope this movie will have in cantonese version because i dont understand mandarin. This movie will be very hit when it come out.
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Feb 24 2005 10 02 AM
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ewww...leon does not fit ancient style costume. tats my opinion from those pics. the korean actress Kim So-Yeon in costume really reminds me of charlie yeung in her younger days. don't you think so? this is funny coincidence, supposedly li yu sound like leon, and now Kim So-Yeon look like charlie. oh yeah, and i don't remember where but i thought i read from other places that there are a looooot of people in this movie. i think i recollect chen hao's name too. or am i mixing it up with some other big movie?
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Mar 2 2005 9 28 PM
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QUOTE (wuxiagurl @ Feb 24 2005 1 02 AM) ewww...leon does not fit ancient style costume. tats my opinion from those pics. the korean actress Kim So-Yeon in costume really reminds me of charlie yeung in her younger days. don't you think so? this is funny coincidence, supposedly li yu sound like leon, and now Kim So-Yeon look like charlie. oh yeah, and i don't remember where but i thought i read from other places that there are a looooot of people in this movie. i think i recollect chen hao's name too. or am i mixing it up with some other big movie? I agree, Leon doesn't look nice in ancient style costume. I think he looks better in modern style like in Challenge of Life (I think that's what the movie was called) Anybody knows when this series will be release? |
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Mar 4 2005 7 12 AM
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Jun 10 2005 11 38 PM
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Official Site: http://www.sevenswordsthefilm.com/ Director: Tsui Hark Action Director: Liu Chia-Liang The CASTS: Donnie Yen as Chu Zhaonan Leon Lai as Yang Yuncong Liu Chia-Liang as Fu Qingzhu Charlie Yeung as Wu Yuanying Lu Yi as Han Zhibang Sun Honglei as Fire-Wind Kim So-Yeon as Green Pearl Duncan Lai as Mu Lang Dai Li-Wu as Xin Longzi Leon Lai Donnie Yen Charlie Yeung Mount Heaven (one of the settings in this movie) A Village in this movie The Heros Asian release date: July 29, 2005 This movies looks very good, lots of action and looks like those award winning movies. I'm looking forward to seeing this movie. This post has been edited by Dickson823: Jun 12 2005 7 33 PM |
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Jun 11 2005 2 57 PM
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Wow this looks amazing. Cant wait to see it.
Get ready for loads of action
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Jun 11 2005 3 54 PM
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can imagine Leon Lai will star in this kind of movies
filming under such a cold weather of -20 deg C |
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Jun 11 2005 6 57 PM
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wow this film look really kool , i will get this film to own heheh, is itll be in my DVD collection hahahahahahhaha
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Jun 11 2005 11 42 PM
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wow, i like this movie. hmm.... this remind me of the series which dicky as the young tai chi master. the person who process 7 flying seven sword.
i can't wait for it to come out. |
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Jun 12 2005 7 33 AM
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faq.asianfanatics.net Group: AF-newbie |
Wow, impressive pictures! They will be in the leauge of great movies like: Hero, House of Flying Daggers, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Great actors and actresses and beautiful setting combine to make a great movie! I will definitely buy this one to add to my library of great movies!
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Jun 12 2005 8 33 AM
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wow..the movie trailer look so nice....can i know when the movie will be showing in malaysia???
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Jun 12 2005 10 57 AM
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Anyone noes when it is showing in Singapore??
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Jun 12 2005 4 57 PM
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Wow, cool pictures! They will be in the list of great movies like: Hero, House of Flying Daggers, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Great actors and actresses and beautiful setting combine to make a great movie! I will definitely buy this one to add to my library of great movies!
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Jun 12 2005 7 01 PM
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Altho I don't have gd feelings for Leon Lai....but it seems interesting.....
and i guess it would be a new type of role for leon! ;P |
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Jun 12 2005 7 39 PM
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QUOTE (gil_gil81 @ Jun 12 2005 3 33 AM) wow..the movie trailer look so nice....can i know when the movie will be showing in malaysia??? It will be release in Theatre on July 29, 2005. I will sure watch it! QUOTE (MTDT @ Jun 12 2005 5 57 AM) Anyone noes when it is showing in Singapore?? It will be released in Theatre on July 29, 2005. It's the same release date in Hong Kong or other asian countries. |
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