Cold Blade (1970)
1h 26m
Running Time
December 31, 1970Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Melinda Chen
Lung Mu-hsiang

Kao Yuan
Ling Tien-hsiao

Pin Chang
Chai Chun-wu

Kong San
Liu Chin

Paul Chu Kong
Han Chang

Li Ying
Old Hermit

Tsung Yu

Lau Kong

Lee Man-Tai

Chen Kuan-Tai
Martial Arts Choreographer

Tung Choi-Bo

Chor Yuen
Director / Screenplay

Chan Siu-Pang
Martial Arts Choreographer

Choo Kok Leong
Producer

Lee Man Kit
Cinematography

Sung Siu-Kong
Makeup Artist

Wang Zhao-Xi
Editor

Yan Sit-Ping
Sound Recordist

Yeo Ban Yee
Production Manager

Lau Wai-Man

Cheng Mei Mei

Wong Kin-Wah

Yeung Wai

Chow Siu-Loi
Details.
Release DateDecember 31, 1970
Original Name龍沐香
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 26m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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