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Ching Hsia Lin/ Swordsman II OST
東方不敗－林青霞電影音樂紀實
Ching Hsia Lin/ Swordsman II OST; 東方不敗－林青霞電影音樂紀實
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	1992
Language	Mandarin; Cantonese
Label	BMG Taiwan Music Inc

Swordsman II
Swordsman II
	Theatrical poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	笑傲江湖之東方不敗
Simplified Chinese	笑傲江湖之东方不敗
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xiào Ào Jiāng Hú Zhī Dōng Fāng Bù Bài
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Siu3 Ngou6 Gong1 Wu4 Ji1 Dung1 Fong1 Bat1 Baai6
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
Production; companies	Film Workshop; Long Shong Pictures; Golden Princess Film Production
Distributed by	Golden Princess Amusement
Release date	26 June 1992;
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

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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.

Set in the Ming dynasty, the plot follows Ling Wu-chung (Li), a swordsman from the Wah Mountain school, who travels the Chinese countryside with his female sidekick Kiddo (Reid) who secretly loves him. Caught in the war between the invading Japanese and the Sun Moon Sect, they discover that Master Asia (Lin), the evil Sun Moon leader, has located the Sacred Scroll, which has transformed him into a woman while allowing him a near invincible array of magical powers. The film received generally positive reviews from critics.

Plot

Linghu Chong, Yue Lingshan and members of the Mount Hua School are planning to retire from the jianghu (martial artists' community). They learn that Dongfang Bubai has seized control of the Sun Moon Holy Cult and is secretly plotting with some Japanese rōnin to rebel against the Ming Empire and dominate China. Dongfang Bubai had castrated himself in order to master the skills in the Sunflower Manual, and his appearance has become more feminine, even though he is now a formidable martial artist.

Linghu Chong meets Dongfang Bubai by chance without knowing his true identity, mistakes him for a beautiful young woman, and falls in love with "her". Dongfang Bubai knocks out Linghu Chong while he is not looking and imprisons him in an underground dungeon. In the dungeon, by coincidence, Linghu Chong meets Ren Woxing, Ren Yingying's father and the former leader of the Sun Moon Holy Cult. They escape from captivity together. One night, while Linghu Chong is distracted by Dongfang Bubai's lover Shishi, Dongfang tracks down his Mount Hua School fellows and kills them.

Linghu Chong brings Yue Lingshan, Ren Yingying, Ren Woxing and Xiang Wentian with him to confront Dongfang Bubai at Black Woods Cliff. In the ensuing battle, Dongfang Bubai apparently dies after refusing Linghu Chong's help and falling off the cliff. Ren Woxing regains control of the cult and starts killing the traitors who defected to Dongfang Bubai. Linghu Chong and Yue Lingshan secretly escape with help from Xiang Wentian and Ren Yingying because they know that Ren Woxing cannot tolerate them.

Cast

Jet Li as Linghu Chong (Ling Wu-chung), the most senior member in the Mount Hua School.
Brigitte Lin as Dongfang Bubai (Invincible Asia), the leader of the Sun Moon Holy Cult.
Michelle Reis as Yue Lingshan (Kiddo), Linghu Chong's junior.
Rosamund Kwan as Ren Yingying, Linghu Chong's love interest and Ren Woxing's daughter.
Waise Lee as Hattori Sengun, the rōnin chief and Dongfang Bubai's ally.
Chin Kar-lok as Sarutobi Kazuki, Hattori's henchman.
Lau Shun as Xiang Wentian (Zen), an elder of the Sun Moon Holy Cult who remains loyal to Ren Woxing.
Fennie Yuen as Lan Fenghuang (Blue Phoenix), Ren Yingying's subordinate.
Yen Shi-kwan as Ren Woxing (Wu), the former leader of the Sun Moon Holy Cult who was overthrown and imprisoned by Dongfang Bubai.
Candice Yu as Shishi (Cici), Dongfang Bubai's lover.
Cheung Kwok-leung as Eunuch Hong

Alternative versions

The United States version has nine minutes of the original film cut and was released under the title Legend of the Swordsman. It is dubbed in English and retains the original music score.

The Hong Kong version is in Cantonese and it retains the nine minutes of extended footage and gory violence.

The Taiwanese version, which is dubbed in Mandarin, contains an additional four minutes of rare extended and gory footage that was removed in the United States and Hong Kong releases, bringing the total runtime to 112 minutes. It has some different music scores and features Jet Li's original voice. It has aired on Chinese Television System many times.

Production

In the Mandarin-dubbed version of the film, Rosamund Kwan and Fennie Yuen speak Sichuanese instead of Standard Mandarin. This was meant to enhance the fact that their characters are of the Miao ethnic group.

Music

The original soundtrack album for the film, "Ching Hsia Lin/ Swordsman 2" (traditional Chinese: 東方不敗－林青霞電影音樂紀實; simplified Chinese: 东方不败－林青霞电影音乐纪实; pinyin: Dōngfāng bù bài - línqīngxiá diànyǐng yīnyuè jìshí) was released by BMG Music Taiwan in 1992. It contains 20 tracks with 3 sound recordings at the scene.

No.	Traditional Chinese title	Simplified Chinese title	Pinyin	English translation	Remarks
1	"東方不敗就在附近"	"东方不败就在附近"	Dōngfāng bù bài jiù zài fùjìn	"Dongfang Bubai is nearby"	Sound recording at the scene.
2	只記今朝笑（粵語）	只记今朝笑（粤语）	Zhǐ jì jīnzhāo xiào	Only remember the smile today	Ending theme; Cantonese version (vocals by Rosanne Lui).
3	退隱	退隐	Tuìyǐn	Retirement
4	斷弦（粵語）	断弦（粤语）	Duànxián	Broken string	Cantonese version (vocals by 周小君).
5	"原來是你"	"原来是你"	Yuánlái shì nǐ	"It's you"	Sound recording at the scene.
6	伏擊	伏击	Fújí	Ambush
7	邂逅	邂逅	Xièhòu	Encounter
8	燒寶典	烧宝典	Shāo bǎodiǎn	Burning the scroll
9	濃情	浓情	Nóng qíng	Passion
10	天地醉（音樂版）	天地醉（音乐版）	Tiāndì zuì	Drunkenness of heaven and earth
11	"望青霞"	"望青霞"	Wàng qīng xiá	"Looking at Brigitte"	Sound recording at the scene.
12	天地醉（國語）	天地醉（国语）	Tiāndì zuì	Drunkenness of heaven and earth	Mandarin version performed by Brigitte Lin (not in the film).
13	告別	告别	Gàobié	Biding farewell
14	比劍	比剑	Bǐ jiàn	Sword match
15	只記今朝笑（國語）	只记今朝笑（国语）	Zhǐ jì jīnzhāo xiào	Only remember the smile today	Ending theme; Mandarin version performed by Brigitte Lin.
16	圍攻	围攻	Wéigōng	Laying siege
17	傾心	倾心	Qīngxīn	Admiration
18	曲諧	曲谐	Qū xié	Harmonic tune
19	斷弦（國語）	断弦（国语）	Duànxián	Broken string	Mandarin version
20	只記今朝笑（音樂版）	只记今朝笑（音乐版）	Zhǐ jì jīnzhāo xiào	Only remember the smile today	Music version

The theme song from The Swordsman, Chong Hoi Yat Sing Siu (traditional Chinese: 滄海一聲笑; simplified Chinese: 沧海一声笑; pinyin: Cānghǎi Yī Shēng Xiào; Jyutping: Cong1-hoi2 Jat1 Sing1 Siu3; lit. 'A Sound of Laughter in the Vast Sea'), performed in Cantonese by Samuel Hui in the first film, was played in a few scenes in Swordsman II.

Reception

Critical reception

Brigitte Lin's performance was listed as one of the "Great Performances" by Richard Corliss under TIME magazine's "All-TIME 100 Movies".^[2] On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 71% based on 7 reviews, with an average rating of 6.79/10.^[3]

Box office

The film grossed HK$34,462,861 at the Hong Kong box office and remains Jet Li's highest-grossing film in Hong Kong to date.

Accolades

Award	Date of Ceremony	Category	Recipient(s) and Nominee(s)	Result
12th Hong Kong Film Awards	23 April 1993	Best Actress	Brigitte Lin	Nominated
		Best Film Editing	Marco Mak	Nominated
		Best Art Direction	James Leung, Chung Yee-fung	Nominated
		Best Costume Make Up Design	William Chang, Bruce Yu	Won
		Best Action Choreography	Tony Ching, Yuen Bun, Ma Yuk-sing, Cheung Yiu-sing	Nominated
		Best Original Film Score	Richard Yuen	Nominated
		Best Original Film Song	只記今朝笑—Swordsman II Composer: James Wong Lyricist: James Wong Singer: Rosanne Lui	Nominated

References

^ "Swordsman 2 (1992)". Hong Kong Cinemagic. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
^ Corliss, Richard. "All-TIME 100 Movies". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Archived from the original on 26 February 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
^ "THE LEGEND OF THE SWORDSMAN (XIAO AO JIANG HU ZHI: DONG FANG BU BAI) (SWORDSMAN II)". rottentomatoes.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.

External links

Swordsman II at IMDb
Swordsman II at Rotten Tomatoes

[1] "Swordsman 2 (1992)". Hong Kong Cinemagic. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2015.

[2] Corliss, Richard. "All-TIME 100 Movies". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Archived from the original on 26 February 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[3] "THE LEGEND OF THE SWORDSMAN (XIAO AO JIANG HU ZHI: DONG FANG BU BAI) (SWORDSMAN II)". rottentomatoes.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.

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-'''''Swordsman II''''', also known as '''''The Legend of the Swordsman''''', is a 1992 Hong Kong ''[[wuxia]]'' film very loosely adapted from [[Jin Yong|Louis Cha]]'s novel ''[[The Smiling, Proud Wanderer]]''. It was the second part of a trilogy: preceded by ''[[The Swordsman (1990 film)|The Swordsman]]'' (1990) and followed by ''[[The East Is Red (1993 film)|The East Is Red]]'' (1993). Directed by [[Ching Siu-tung]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=62|title= Swordsman 2 (1992)|access-date= May 16, 2015|work= [[Hong Kong Cinemagic]]}}</ref> ''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.
+'''''Swordsman II''''', also known as '''''The Legend of the Swordsman''''', is a 1992 Hong Kong [[wuxia]] film very loosely adapted from [[Jin Yong|Louis Cha]]'s novel ''[[The Smiling, Proud Wanderer]]''. It was the second part of a trilogy: preceded by ''[[The Swordsman (1990 film)|The Swordsman]]'' (1990) and followed by ''[[The East Is Red (1993 film)|The East Is Red]]'' (1993). Directed by [[Ching Siu-tung]],<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=62|title= Swordsman 2 (1992)|access-date= May 16, 2015|work= [[Hong Kong Cinemagic]]|archive-date= 13 October 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221013040846/http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=62|url-status= live}}</ref> ''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.
+Set in the [[Ming dynasty]], the plot follows Ling Wu-chung (Li), a swordsman from the Wah Mountain school, who travels the Chinese countryside with his female sidekick Kiddo (Reid) who secretly loves him. Caught in the war between the invading Japanese and the Sun Moon Sect, they discover that Master Asia (Lin), the evil Sun Moon leader, has located the Sacred Scroll, which has transformed him into a woman while allowing him a near invincible array of magical powers. The film received generally positive reviews from critics.
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-*[[Jet Li]] as Linghu Chong ({{small|Ling Wu-chung}}), the most senior member in the [[Mount Hua School]].
+* [[Jet Li]] as Linghu Chong ({{small|Ling Wu-chung}}), the most senior member in the [[Mount Hua School]].
 * [[Brigitte Lin]] as [[Dongfang Bubai]] ({{small|Invincible Asia}}), the leader of the Sun Moon Holy Cult.
 * [[Michelle Reis]] as Yue Lingshan ({{small|Kiddo}}), Linghu Chong's junior.
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 The United States version has nine minutes of the original film cut and was released under the title ''Legend of the Swordsman''. It is dubbed in English and retains the original music score.
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-In the Mandarin-dubbed version of the film, [[Rosamund Kwan]] and [[:zh:袁潔瑩|Fennie Yuen]] speak [[Sichuanese Mandarin|Sichuanese]] instead of [[Standard Mandarin]]. This was meant to enhance the fact that their characters are of the [[Miao people|Miao ethnic group]].{{citation needed|date=January 2010}}
+In the Mandarin-dubbed version of the film, [[Rosamund Kwan]] and [[:zh:袁潔瑩|Fennie Yuen]] speak [[Sichuanese Mandarin|Sichuanese]] instead of [[Standard Mandarin]]. This was meant to enhance the fact that their characters are of the [[Miao people|Miao ethnic group]].
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-Brigitte Lin's performance was listed as one of the "Great Performances" by Richard Corliss under TIME magazine's "All-TIME 100 Movies".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://entertainment.time.com/2005/02/12/all-time-100-movies/slide/brigitte-lin-swordsman-ii/|title=All-TIME 100 Movies|last=Corliss|first=Richard|newspaper=Time|issn=0040-781X|access-date=2016-08-25}}</ref> On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 71% based on 7 reviews, with an average rating of 6.79/10.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/legend_of_the_swordsman|title=THE LEGEND OF THE SWORDSMAN (XIAO AO JIANG HU ZHI: DONG FANG BU BAI) (SWORDSMAN II)|website=rottentomatoes.com|access-date=2020-10-19}}</ref>
+Brigitte Lin's performance was listed as one of the "Great Performances" by Richard Corliss under TIME magazine's "All-TIME 100 Movies".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2005/02/12/all-time-100-movies/slide/brigitte-lin-swordsman-ii/|title=All-TIME 100 Movies|last=Corliss|first=Richard|newspaper=Time|issn=0040-781X|access-date=2016-08-25|archive-date=26 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226001119/http://entertainment.time.com/2005/02/12/all-time-100-movies/slide/brigitte-lin-swordsman-ii/|url-status=live}}</ref> On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 71% based on 7 reviews, with an average rating of 6.79/10.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/legend_of_the_swordsman|title=THE LEGEND OF THE SWORDSMAN (XIAO AO JIANG HU ZHI: DONG FANG BU BAI) (SWORDSMAN II)|website=rottentomatoes.com|access-date=2020-10-19|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112040120/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/legend_of_the_swordsman|url-status=live}}</ref>
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v t e The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by Jin Yong
Characters	List of characters Dongfang Bubai Dugu Qiubai
Schools and organisations	Mount Hua School Five Mountain Sword Schools Alliance Shaolin School Wudang School Others
Film adaptations	The Proud Youth (1978) The Swordsman (1990) Swordsman II (1992) The East Is Red (1993)
Television adaptations	The Smiling, Proud Wanderer (1984) State of Divinity (1996) State of Divinity (2000) The Legendary Swordsman (2000) Laughing in the Wind (2001) Swordsman (2013) New Smiling, Proud Wanderer (2018)
Related items	Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation

v t e Films by Tsui Hark
Films directed	The Butterfly Murders (1979) We're Going to Eat You (1980, also writer) Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980, also writer) All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution (1981) Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983) Shanghai Blues (1984, also produced) Aces Go Places 3 (1984) Working Class (1985, also produced) Peking Opera Blues (1986, also produced) A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon (1989, also produced) Once Upon a Time in China (1991, also writer and produced) King of Chess (1991, uncredited, also produced) Once Upon a Time in China II (1992, also writer and produced) The Master (1992, also produced) Green Snake (1993, also writer and produced) Once Upon a Time in China III (1993, also writer and produced) The Lovers (1994, also writer and produced) Once Upon a Time in China V (1994, also writer and produced) The Blade (1995, also writer and produced) The Chinese Feast (1995, also writer and produced) Love in the Time of Twilight (1995, also writer and produced) Tristar (1996, also writer and produced) Double Team (1997) Knock Off (1998) Time and Tide (2000, also writer and produced) The Legend of Zu (2001, also writer and produced) Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002, also produced) Seven Swords (2005, also writer and produced) Missing (2008, also writer and produced) All About Women (2008, also writer and produced) Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010, also produced) Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011, also writer and produced) Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013, also writer and produced) The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014, also writer) Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017, also writer and produced) Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018, also produced)
Films written	A Better Tomorrow II (1987; also produced) A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991, also produced) Swordsman II (1992, also produced) New Dragon Gate Inn (1992, also produced) The Wicked City (1992; also produced) The East Is Red (1993; also produced) Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993; also produced) The Magic Crane (1993, also produced) Iron Monkey (1993; also produced) Black Mask (1996; also produced) The Era of Vampires (2002, also produced) Sword Master (2016; also produced) The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (2017)
Films produced only	A Better Tomorrow (1986) A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) The Big Heat (1988) I Love Maria (1988) The Killer (1989) A Terra-Cotta Warrior (1990) The Swordsman (1990) A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990) Shanghai Grand (1996) Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997) The Climbers (2019)
Collaborating director	The Banquet (1991) Twin Dragons (1992) Triangle (2007) Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020) The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021) The Battle at Lake Changjin II (2022)