The Romance of Book and Sword
1987 · 180 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 99 VOTES · DIR. Ann Hui
Overview
The story is based on the popular novel developed from folk legend. It goes that the Manchurian emperor Qianlong of China (circa 18th Century) was actually the son of a Han Chinese, the subject ethnicity. His brother of blood, Chen Jialuo just happened to be the chief of the Red Flower Society, an anti-Manchu secret society. Chen, a learned scholar, thought he could get his brother turn his back on the Manchu and restore the Han Chinese reign. But the story was ended by brutal clearence of the society members. It reflects one of the dark pages in Chinese culture, that ethics and humanity always become impotent when countered with power.
Dialogue Timeline - 1,116 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME - EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:55 Under the ruIing of Emperor Kang Hsi and his successor Yung Cheng
00:07:49 We have no intentions of harming Your Majesty.
00:12:35 Don't teII others about what happened today.
00:16:56 FIirting with your squirreI is just the same as fIirting with my wife!!
00:20:56 They are now without a Ieader.
00:25:24 CouId it be someone from our own Red FIower Society?
00:30:52 I think it's because it has something to do with you.
00:38:12 Is there something to do with the Emperor and your famiIy?
00:42:15 She now Iives in Shanxi.
00:47:42 They act as if they have no reaI purpose.
00:52:22 And this must be the Iegendary "Thunder PaIm" Man Tai-Ioi!
00:57:44 That jerk is nothing, but if Cheung Jiu-jung is here
01:00:08 Who do you think I am??
01:04:31 Fourth Sister, I disappoint you
01:10:12 What?! Put out the fire now!
01:14:00 Was he worried that he might be kiIIed?
01:19:06 Man Tai-Ioi is in my hands! Approach me and I'lI kiII him!!
01:24:55 His Majesty wiII be so mad if he finds out about this
01:33:17 Did you save me, miss?
01:38:23 Bravo. Her singing is beautifuI!
01:42:17 I want to see your Chief!
01:45:37 Attack!
01:50:01 AII it takes is one mistake for you to be abdicated
100:00:00 here at Hangzhou.
Cast & Characters
Nuo Ai
Princess Fragrance
Shichang Da
Emperor Qian Long
Jie Deng
Mother of Chen
Cuihua Ding
Luo Bing, 11th sister, wife of Wen Tailai
Bichuan Guo
Wen Tailai, 4th brother of the red flowers society
Hachier
Mu Zuolun, prince of the uigurian
Liu Jia
Huo Qingtong
Yongquan Lu
Daozhang, 2nd brother of the red flowers society
Naichang Ren
Shi Shuanglei
Wei Shi
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,116
Dialogue density6.2 lines / min
First line00:00:55
Final line100:00:00
Production Record
DirectorAnn Hui
LanguageChinese
IMDb votes99