Cold Blade (1970)
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.
Director:
Chor Yuen
Writer:
Chor Yuen
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Melinda Chen as Lung Mu-hsiang |
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Kao Yuan as Ling Tien-hsiao |
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Cheung Ban as Chai Chun-wu |
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Kong San as Liu Chin |
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Paul Chu Kong as Han Chang |
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Li Ying as Old Hermit |
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Tsung Yu as |
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Lau Kong as |
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Lee Man-Tai as |
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Chen Kuan-Tai as |
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Tung Choi-Bo as |
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Chow Siu-Loi as |
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Yeung Wai as |
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Wong Kin-Wah as |
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Cheng Mei Mei as |
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Lau Wai-Man as |
| Crew | Chen Kuan-Tai | Martial Arts Choreographer |
| Production | Choo Kok Leong | Producer |
| Sound | Yan Sit-Ping | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Wang Zhao-Xi | Editor |
| Crew | Lee Man Kit | Cinematography |
| Writing | Chor Yuen | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sung Siu-Kong | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Yeo Ban Yee | Production Manager |
| Directing | Chor Yuen | Director |
| Crew | Chan Siu-Pang | Martial Arts Choreographer |
