The Romance of Book and Sword

The Romance of Book and Sword (released as Jiangnan Shujian Qing, 江南書劍情 in mainland China) is a 1987 Hong Kong film by Ann Hui, based on Louis Cha's novel The Book and the Sword. The film was followed by Princess Fragrance, released later in the same month and also directed by Ann Hui. The films are among the earliest Hong Kong films to be completely shot in mainland China with a full mainland Chinese cast.

Contents

• The romance of book and sword part 1
• Plot
• Cast
• References

Plot

The film covers the first half of the novel and ends with the truce between the Qianlong Emperor and the Red Flower Society at Liuhe Pagoda. The two major subplots in the novel are omitted: Li Yuanzhi and Zhou Qi do not appear in the film.

Cast

Zhang Duofu as Chen Jialuo

Jiang Wei as young Chen Jialuo

Chang Dashi as Qianlong Emperor

Liu Jia as Huoqingtong

Ding Cuihua as Luo Bing

Lü Yongquan as Taoist Wuchen

Yu Dalu as Zhao Banshan

Guo Bichuan as Wen Tailai

Wang Jingqiu as Zhang Jin

Hou Changrong as Yu Yutong

Chen Youwang as Xu Tianhong

Ren Naichang as Shi Shuangying

Zhang Jun as Chang Bozhi

Wang Wei as Chang Hezhi

Zheng Jianhua as Jiang Sigen

Fu Yongcai as Wei Chunhua

Sun Chenxi as Xinyan

Wang Hongtao as Yu Wanting

Wu Chunsheng as Zhang Zhaozhong

Yang Junsheng as Heshen

Ding Tao as Zhaohui

Deng Jie as Chen Jialuo's mother

Ge Lili as Qinghua

Zhu Yi as Prince Su

Zhang Xuehao as Li Kexiu

Wang Wensheng as Long Jun

Shi Wei as Wet nurse