Cold Blade

Cold Blade

0 | 1970-12-31 | Action Adventure History

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.

Featured Crew

Chen Kuan-Tai Martial Arts Choreographer
Choo Kok Leong Producer
Yan Sit-Ping Sound Recordist
Wang Zhao-Xi Editor
Lee Man Kit Cinematography
Chor Yuen Screenplay
Sung Siu-Kong Makeup Artist
Yeo Ban Yee Production Manager
Chor Yuen Director
Chan Siu-Pang Martial Arts Choreographer

Cast

Melinda Chen
Melinda Chen
Lung Mu-hsiang
Kao Yuan
Kao Yuan
Ling Tien-hsiao
Pin Chang
Pin Chang
Chai Chun-wu
Chu Kong
Chu Kong
Han Chang
Kong San
Kong San
Liu Chin
Li Ying
Li Ying
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