The Hidden Sword

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The Hidden Sword
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Chinese 刀背藏身
Hanyu Pinyin Dāo bèi cáng shēn
Directed byXu Haofeng
Screenplay byXu Haofeng
Based onThe Hidden Sword
by Xu Haofeng
Produced byGuan Dandan
Chen Dongqiu
Starring Xu Qing
Jessie Li
Zhang Aoyue
CinematographyShao Dan
Edited byXu Haofeng
He Sisi
Music byAn Wei
Production
company
Poly Film
Distributed byPoly Film
Release date
  • August 27, 2017 (2017-08-27)(WFF)
Running time
136 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
BudgetCN¥80 million [1]

The Hidden Sword is a 2017 Chinese martial arts film written and directed by Xu Haofeng and adapted from Xu's novel of the same name. The film stars Xu Qing, Jessie Li and Zhang Aoyue.

Contents

Cast

Awards and nominations

AwardCategoryRecipientsResultRef.
41st Montreal World Film Festival Best Artistic ContributionThe Hidden SwordWon [2]
54th Golden Horse Awards Best New Performer Zhang AoyueNominated [3]
Best Adapted Screenplay Xu HaofengNominated
Best Action ChoreographyXu HaofengNominated
Best Original Film ScoreAn WeiNominated

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References

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