The Blade (film)

The Blade
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	刀
Simplified Chinese	刀
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dāo Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Dou1
Directed by	Tsui Hark
Written by	Koan Hui Tsui Hark So Man-Sing
Produced by	Tsui Hark Raymond Chow
Starring	Vincent Zhao Moses Chan Hung Yan-yan Song Lei Austin Wai Chung Bik-ha Valerie Chow
Cinematography	Venus Keung
Edited by	Tsui Hark Kam Ma
Music by	Raymond Wong William Hu
Production companies	Film Workshop Paragon Films
Distributed by	Golden Harvest
Release date	21 December 1995 (1995-12-21)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$3,308,775 (Hong Kong)[1]

The Blade is a 1995 Hong Kong martial arts film co-written, produced and directed by Tsui Hark, starring Vincent Zhao, Moses Chan, Hung Yan-yan, Song Lei, Austin Wai, Chung Bik-ha and Valerie Chow. This film is notable for its unusual style, which includes dramatic close-ups, employment of colour gels, and frenetic camera use during the fight sequences.