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The Book and the Sword (1960)
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Add to a movie listThe Book and the Sword is a 1960 Hong Kong film based on Louis Cha's novel The Book and the Sword. Directed and written by Lee Sun-fung, the film was divided into two parts, respectively released on May 4 and June 9 in 1960 in Hong Kong.
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Kien Shih
(Cheung Chiu-chung)
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