UW Cinematheque - New Restorations and Special Presentations
The Blade | Hong Kong | 1995 | 35mm | 105 min. | Cantonese with English subtitles Director: Tsui Hark
Event Details
Date
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Vincent Zhao, Xiong Xin-xin, Moses Chan.
Out to avenge the death of his father, Sword-maker Ding On (Zhao) loses his arm and is nearly killed. After convalescing, he develops a speeding, whirling swordfighting technique that he plans to use on those who crippled and maimed him. Director Tsui Hark’s kinetically-charged spin on the Shaw Bros./Jimmy Wang Yu “one-armed swordsman” vehicles of the late 1960s is now considered one of the best HK action movies of its own era.
Out to avenge the death of his father, Sword-maker Ding On (Zhao) loses his arm and is nearly killed. After convalescing, he develops a speeding, whirling swordfighting technique that he plans to use on those who crippled and maimed him. Director Tsui Hark’s kinetically-charged spin on the Shaw Bros./Jimmy Wang Yu “one-armed swordsman” vehicles of the late 1960s is now considered one of the best HK action movies of its own era.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-262-3627 or email ben.reiser@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Saturday, April 4, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.