The Book and the Sword (1960 film)

The 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 4 May and 9 June 1960 in Hong Kong.

The Book and the Sword
Traditional Chinese書劍恩仇錄
Simplified Chinese书剑恩仇录
Directed byLee Sun-fung
Screenplay byLee Sun-fung
Story byLouis Cha
Production
company
Emei Film Company
Release dates
  • 4 May 1960 (1960-05-04)
(Part 1)
  • 9 June 1960 (1960-06-09)
(Part 2)
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin

Cast

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Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.
  • Cheung Ying as Chan Ka-lok / Kin-lung Emperor
  • Yung Siu-yi as Princess Fragrance
  • Tsi Law-lin as Fok-ching-tung
  • Chan Kam-tong as Man Tai-loi
  • Leung So-kam as Lok Bing
  • Shek Yin-tsi as Yu Yu-tung
  • Ma Kam-ling as Lei Yuen-chi
  • Lam Kau as Tsui Tin-wang
  • Sheung-koon Kwan-wai as Chow Yee
  • Shih Kien as Cheung Chiu-chung
  • Yeung Yip-wang as Luk Fei-ching
  • Ho Siu-hung as Muk-cheuk-lun
  • Wong Chor-san as Chow Chung-ying
  • Yuet-ching Lee as Mrs Chow
  • Chan Tsui-ping as Yuk Yu-yee
  • Siu Hon-sang as Pak Chun
  • Cheung Sing-fai
  • Liu Jialiang
  • Yuen Siu-tien
  • Chow Chung
  • Wah Wan-fung
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