Story of the Sword and the Sabre

1963 Hong Kong film

Chinese name

Traditional Chinese

倚天屠龍記

Transcriptions

Directed by

Parts 1 and 2:
Cheung Ying
Choi Cheung
Parts 3 and 4:
Yeung Kung-leung

Screenplay by

Cheung Ying
Lee Hang

Story by

Louis Cha

Starring

Cheung Ying
Pak Yin
Ka-Sing Lam
Ho-Kau Chan
Connie Chan

Production
companies

Ho Wa (parts 1 and 2)
Yeung Ji Kong (parts 3 and 4)

Release dates

15 May 1963 (1963-05-15) (Part 1)

22 May 1963 (1963-05-22) (Part 2)

30 June 1965 (1965-06-30) (Part 3)

7 July 1965 (1965-07-07) (Part 4)

Country

Hong Kong

Languages

Cantonese
Mandarin

Story of the Sword and the Sabre is a four-part Hong Kong film released in 1963 and 1965. The film was adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. The first two parts were directed by Cheung Ying and Choi Cheung while the next two parts were directed by Yeung Kung-leung.

Cast

Cheung Ying as Zhang Cuishan
Pak Yin as Yan So-So
Ka-Sing Lam as Zhang Wuji
- Leung Ka-bo as young Zhang Wuji
Ho-Kau Chan as Zhao Min
Connie Chan as Zhou Zhiruo
Lee Hung as Xiaozhao
Shih Kien as Xie Xun
Yeung Sai
Gao Luquan
Sai Gwa-Pau
Fung King-man
Lee Pang-fei
Cheung Sang
Wong Hon
Szema Wah Lung
Yuen Siu-tien
Lai Man
Wan Leng-kwong
Chow Kat
Bak Man-biu
Tam Tin
Kwan Ching-leung
Hoh Wan
Lam Liu-ngok
Ho Pik-kin
Woo Ping
Ding Yue
Lam Siu
Yuen Lap-cheung
Au Ngok
Tang Cheung
Leung Suk-hing
Ng Yan-chi
Liu Chia-liang
Chu Yau-ko
Tong Kai
Heung Hoi

External links

Story of the Sword and the Sabre Part 1 at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
Story of the Sword and the Sabre Part 2 at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
Story of the Sword and the Sabre Part 3 at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
Story of the Sword and the Sabre Part 4 at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase

The Condor Trilogy by Jin Yong

Novels

Characters

Main characters	Guo Jing Huang Rong Yang Kang Mu Nianci Yang Guo Xiaolongnü Zhang Wuji Zhao Min Zhou Zhiruo
The Greats	Huang Yaoshi Ouyang Feng Yideng Hong Qigong Wang Chongyang Zhou Botong
Other characters	The Legend of the Condor Heroes The Return of the Condor Heroes The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber Dugu Qiubai

Schools and
organisations

Film
adaptations

The Legend of the Condor Heroes	Story of the Vulture Conqueror (1958) The Brave Archer (1977) The Brave Archer 2 (1978) The Brave Archer 3 (1981)
The Return of the Condor Heroes	The Great Heroes (1960 / 1961) The Brave Archer and His Mate (1982) Little Dragon Maiden (1983)
The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber	Story of the Sword and the Sabre (1963 / 1965) Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre (1978) The Hidden Power of the Dragon Sabre (1984) Kung Fu Cult Master (1993) New Kung Fu Cult Master 1 (2022) New Kung Fu Cult Master 2 (2022)
Others	The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993) Ashes of Time (1994)

Television
adaptations

The Legend of the Condor Heroes	The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1976) The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1983) The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1988) The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1994) The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2003) The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2008) The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2017)
The Return of the Condor Heroes	The Return of the Condor Heroes (1976) The Return of the Condor Heroes (1983) The Return of the Condor Heroes (1984) The Condor Heroes 95 (1995) The Return of the Condor Heroes (1998) The Return of the Condor Heroes (1998) The Legend of Condor Hero (2001) The Return of the Condor Heroes (2006) The Romance of the Condor Heroes (2014) New Return of the Condor Heroes (2019)
The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber	The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (1978) The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (1984) New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre (1986) The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (1994) The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (2000) The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (2003) The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (2009) Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre (2019)
Others	Rage and Passion (1992) The Mystery of the Condor Hero (1993) The Condor Heroes Return (1994)