Cold Blade

Cold Blade

1970
1h 26m
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Action Adventure History
Overview

Chor Yuen was Gu Long before he started filming Gu Long. The director's first wuxia film, made at Shaws' rival Cathay, finds him relishing in a mode of expression that would later become the signature style of the 'martial-arts suspense thriller' mini-genre. Chor grafts the quasi-psychological stylishness of his Cantonese melodrama onto this actioner, laying on thick the atmosphere by dialling up the fog machine and unleashing the colours from his camera's palette. He also stages his fights in modern dance-like choreography, with moves that are more graceful than ferocious and paused poses that are longer on expressive narcissism than continuity of action. Cold Blade is the quiet beginning of an aesthetic.

Status: Released

Language: ZH

Production Information

Production Companies
Cathay Studios
Spoken Languages
Mandarin

Keywords

first mandarin martial arts film by chor yuen gu long aesthetics mandarin cinema cathay martial arts film ming–qing transition the manchu conquest of china

Quick Facts

Original Title 龍沐香
Release Date December 31, 1970
Status Released
Language ZH
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Cast

Melinda Chen
Melinda Chen

Lung Mu-hsiang

Kao Yuan
Kao Yuan

Ling Tien-hsiao

Cheung Ban
Cheung Ban

Chai Chun-wu

Kong San
Kong San

Liu Chin

Paul Chu Kong
Paul Chu Kong

Han Chang

Li Ying
Li Ying

Old Hermit

Tsung Yu
Tsung Yu

Lau Kong
Lau Kong

Lee Man-Tai
Lee Man-Tai

Chen Kuan-Tai
Chen Kuan-Tai

Tung Choi-Bo
Tung Choi-Bo

Chow Siu-Loi
Chow Siu-Loi

Key Crew

Chor Yuen
Director
Chor Yuen
Screenplay
Choo Kok Leong
Producer