Legend of the Liquid Sword

Legend of the Liquid Sword
DVD cover art
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese笑俠楚留香
Simplified Chinese笑侠楚留香
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiào Xiá Chǔ Liú Xiāng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingSiu3 Haap6 Cho2 Lau4 Hoeng1
Directed byWong Jing
Yeung Wai-yip
Screenplay byWong Jing
Lam Wai-lun
Story byGu Long
Produced byWong Jing
StarringAaron Kwok
Chingmy Yau
Sharla Cheung
Gloria Yip
Deric Wan
Wong Wan-si
Anita Yuen
Winnie Lau
Lau Tsi-wai
Fennie Yuen
Loretta Lee
Norman Chui
Gordon Liu
CinematographyKo Chiu-lam
Yim Wai-kwan
Edited byRobert Choi
Music byJames Wong
Mark Lui
Production
companies
Era International (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Wong Jing's Workshop Ltd.
Distributed byNewport Entertainment Ltd. (Hong Kong)
Release date
  • 11 March 1993 (1993-03-11)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$3,453,404.00

Legend of the Liquid Sword is a 1993 Hong Kong wuxia comedy film loosely based on Gu Long's Chu Liuxiang novel series. The film was written and directed by Wong Jing and stars Aaron Kwok as the titular protagonist. The film inspired the title of American rapper GZA's albums Liquid Swords (1995) and Legend of the Liquid Sword (2002).