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Seven Swords

Original title: Qi jian
  • 20052005
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
9.5K
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Seven Swords (2005)
  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Fantasy
Seven warriors come together to protect a village from a diabolical General.Seven warriors come together to protect a village from a diabolical General.Seven warriors come together to protect a village from a diabolical General.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
9.5K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Hark Tsui
  • Writers
    • Chi-Sing Cheung
    • Tin-Nam Chun
    • Yusheng Liang(novel "Seven Swordsmen from Mountain Tian")
  • Stars
    • Leon Lai
    • Donnie Yen
    • Charlie Yeung
Top credits
  • Director
    • Hark Tsui
  • Writers
    • Chi-Sing Cheung
    • Tin-Nam Chun
    • Yusheng Liang(novel "Seven Swordsmen from Mountain Tian")
  • Stars
    • Leon Lai
    • Donnie Yen
    • Charlie Yeung
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 102User reviews
    • 67Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 24 nominations

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    Leon Lai
    Leon Lai
    • Yang Yuncong
    • (as Ming Li)
    Donnie Yen
    Donnie Yen
    • Chu Zhaonan
    Charlie Yeung
    Charlie Yeung
    • Wu Yuanying
    Honglei Sun
    Honglei Sun
    • General Fire-Wind
    Yi Lu
    Yi Lu
    • Han Zhibang
    Kim So-yeon
    Kim So-yeon
    • Green Pearl
    Chia-Liang Liu
    Chia-Liang Liu
    • Fu Qingzhu
    Jingchu Zhang
    Jingchu Zhang
    • Liu Yufang
    Li-Wu Tai
    • Xin Longzi
    Duncan Lai
    Duncan Lai
    • Mu Lang
    • (as Kwan-Tat Chow)
    Jason Piao Pai
    Jason Piao Pai
    • Liu Jingyi
    • (as Piao Pai)
    Kuan-Chun Chi
    Kuan-Chun Chi
    • Qiu Dongluo
    Peng Huang
    • Guan Sandao
    Haitao Li
    • Twelve Guardians (Si Yilang)
    Jingwu Ma
    • Master Shadow Glow
    Michael Wong
    Michael Wong
    • Prince Dokado
    • (as Man-Tak Wong)
    Ming Zhe Liu
    • Twelve Guardians (Jiao Ci)
    Chi Man Wong
    • Twelve Guardians (Shan Zhi)
    • Director
      • Hark Tsui
    • Writers
      • Chi-Sing Cheung
      • Tin-Nam Chun
      • Yusheng Liang(novel "Seven Swordsmen from Mountain Tian")
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The seven heroes' swords were designed by the director himself.
    • Connections
      Featured in Kung Fu Jungle (2014)

    User reviews102

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Nice Comeback!
    I saw ZU:Warriors from the Magic Mountain and found that one incredibly too fast for both my eyes and my brain. Nevertheless, it was a great spectacle that left me shouting all the way from beginning to the end "WOW!!" Then I saw Legend of Zu, and I went "God I don't want to watch this.. pleaseee!" Then I rented 7-Swords and thought it would be something either in the first category (really fast editing, you don't know who's who, or who's fighting with who, etc) or in the second one (lots of special effects, bad music, no story - yes I'm talking abt the Legend of Zu) But, 7-swords exceeded my expectations! It give nice backgrounds to the characters and their motivation, the editing was a nice flow, at some points I even thought that the movie was going too slow, considering that it's Tsui Hark who made Zu, whenever he took time to develop stories between characters.

    I talked to a friend and he said "It's not worth watching, just another commercial film". HELLO? From the very beginning, Tsui Hark had always made commercial films, what did you expect? Duh.. In terms of storytelling and kungfu fighting, i think 7-swords is much much better than Hero or House of Flying Daggers. I can't say if its better than Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon because I personally didn't find that movie special enough.. but it won an Oscar anyway, so...

    7-Swords reminds me of the golden times when kungfu flicks are based on good choreography and not just colorful costumes and international stars. I was very disappointed with Legend of Zu because it's filled with bad can music and cg-animation. But 7-swords.. waow.. it's back to the original Tsui Hark.

    Overall, its a nice comeback, good to see some real Chinese kungfu films again :)
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    • yannigk
    • Dec 3, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 29, 2005 (China)
    • Countries of origin
      • Hong Kong
      • China
      • South Korea
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official site (United Kingdom)
    • Languages
      • Mandarin
      • Korean
      • Cantonese
    • Also known as
      • Thất Kiếm
    • Filming locations
      • Xinjiang, China
    • Production companies
      • Beijing Ciwen Digital Oriental Film & TV Production Co.
      • Boram Entertainment
      • City Glory Pictures Ltd.
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $18,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,473,290
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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