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Seven Swords is a Hongkongais film of genre Drama directed by Tsui Hark released in USA on 25 july 2005 with Donnie Yen

Seven Swords (2005)

Qi jian (七剑)

Seven Swords
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Released in USA 25 july 2005
Length 2h28
Directed by
OriginHong kong
Genres Drama,    Martial arts,    Fantastic,    Action,    Adventure,    Martial arts
Rating61% 3.051493.051493.051493.051493.05149

Seven Swords is a 2005 Hong Kong wuxia film produced and directed by Tsui Hark, starring Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Charlie Yeung, Sun Honglei, Lu Yi and Kim So-yeon. The story is loosely adapted from Liang Yusheng's novel Qijian Xia Tianshan and is completely unrelated to the novel except for some characters' names. Seven Swords was used as the opening film to the 2005 Venice Film Festival and as a homage to Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film Seven Samurai.

Synopsis

In the mid-17th century, the Manchus conquer the territories of the former Ming Empire and establish the Qing Empire. While nationalistic sentiments start brewing within the wulin (martial artists' community), the Qing government immediately imposes a ban forbidding the common people from practising martial arts. The warlord Fire-Wind sees the new law as an opportunity to make a fortune so he offers to help the government execute the new rule. Greedy, cruel and immoral, Fire-Wind ravages northwest China with his army and kills thousands of resistance fighters and innocent civilians. His next goal is to attack Martial Village, which houses a large number of martial artists.

Actors

Donnie Yen

(Chu Zhaonan)
Leon Lai

(Yang Yuncong)
Liu Chia-liang

(Fu Qingzhu)
Charlie Yeung

(Wu Yuanying)
Kim So-yeon

(Green Pearl)
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