Seven Swords (2005) on Netflix
NR20052h 33mActionAdventureFantasy
After the Qing dynasty bans martial arts, the warlord Fire-Wind profits by enforcing the decree. Fu Qingzhu seeks help from the swordmaster Shadow-Glow to protect a village from his army.
- Netflix3.2/5
- IMDb6.1/1010,255 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes25%
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Plot summary
In 17th-century China the Qing dynasty outlaws the practice of martial arts, making it punishable by death. The warlord Fire-Wind turns that decree into a business, and his soldiers cut down rebels and ordinary people across the northwest. His army's next objective is Martial Village, where many of the residents are martial artists. Fu Qingzhu, who once worked as an executioner, wants to end the bloodshed. He takes two villagers, Han Zhibang and Wu Yuanying, to Mount Heaven to ask the hermit Shadow-Glow, a sword master, for aid. Shadow-Glow agrees, and four of his finest students, Chu Zhaonan, Yang Yuncong, Xin Longzi and Mulang, go with the two villagers and Fu Qingzhu, all seven carrying swords made for them.
Cast
- Jiajia Chenas Kualo
- Jiang Guang-Jinas San Zi
- Bing Boas Village elder
- Chang-Cheng Dengas Da Peng
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Seven Swords (2005)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- While shooting the ending fight, Donnie Yen hit Sun Honglei near the eye, having wrongly believed Sun was a trained martial artist. Sun was rushed from Xinjiang to a Beijing hospital on the night of 7 December, returned to the set a day later and insisted on finishing his scenes.
- Production manager and scriptwriter Cheung Chi-sing said editor Angie Lam's first cut ran four hours. Fearing the length would limit screenings and hurt the box office, Tsui Hark re-cut it to 150- and 120-minute versions; investors chose the 150-minute one after finding the shorter cut underdeveloped.
- Chu Zhaonan was first offered to Korean actor Song Seung-heon at a reported US$400,000; he and Leon Lai trained in horse riding and swordplay, but Song dropped out near the start of filming for other projects. Tsui Hark had cast Lai as Yang Yuncong after seeing his performance in The Sword of Many Loves.
- The role of Prince Dokado was first offered to Hu Jun, who turned it down for reasons unknown, then to Wang Xueqi, who also refused; it finally went to Michael Wong.
- Lu Yi, who played Han Zhibang, had said he would never act in wuxia or martial arts films again, but immediately accepted this one when he saw the all-star cast, feeling it was a rare chance to work with such a strong line-up.
