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- Movie: The Sword Identity
- Chinese: 倭寇的踪迹(Wo Kou De Zong Ji)
- Director: Xu Haofeng
- Writer: Xu Haofeng
- Producer: Rui Li
- Cinematographer: Meng Xiaoqing, Sha Jin-cheng
- World Premiere: September 6, 2011 (Venice Film Festival)
- Release Date: February 24, 2012 (China)
- Runtime: 113 min.
- Genre: Martial Arts
- Language: Mandarin
- Country: China
Plot
Ming dynasty. Japanese pirates had long been eliminated. There are four major martial arts families in Guancheng town. Anyone who wishes to establish his own sect in the martial art world must fight his way through the gates of the residences of these four families. However, when it comes to a challenger called Liang Henlu, not only is his request for competition rejected, but he is also chased around town. The only reason is that his weapon looks like a Japanese sword and Chinese martial arts masters do not allow the use of foreign weapons. In order to drive Liang out of their town, the people of those four families chase him as a Japanese pirate. Qiu Dongyue was once the top martial arts master in the town. He left his family to live in seclusion in a mountain after discovering the affairs of his newly married young wife. Qiu returns to the town on hearing the news of the attack of a Japanese pirate. After a round of fights, they finally figure out that Liang’s sword is not a Japanese sword but the weapon used by the famous General Qi’s regiment to resist Japanese pirates. Liang Henlu wanted to pass their sword skills on to the civilians. In the end, Liang’s sword is accepted by those four families and regarded as a Chinese weapon. During the process of proving the sword’s identity, Qiu Dongyue truly forgives his wife and her lover and finally finds his inner peace.-- Venice Film Festival
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Film Festivals
- 2011 (68th) Venice Film Festival - August 31-September 10, 2011 - Orizzonti *World Premiere
- 2011 (36th) Toronto International Film Festival - September 8-18, 2011 - Discovery *North American Premiere
- 2011 (30th) Vancouver International Film Festival - September 29-October 14, 2011 - Dragons and Tigers
- 2011 (16th) Busan International Film Festival - October 6-14, 2011 - A Window on Asian Cinema
- 2011 (8th) Hong Kong Asian Film Festival - October 18-November 18, 2011 - New Talent Award
- 2011 (48th) Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival - November 3-24, 2011 - Golden Horse Award Nominated Films
- 2011 (22nd) Stockholm International Film Festival - November 9-20, 2011 - Twilight Zone *Nordic Premiere
- 2012 (14th) Deauville Asian Film Festival - March 7-11, 2012 - Action Asia
- 2012 (7th) Osaka Asian Film Festival - March 9-18, 2012 - Competition Section
- 2012 (11th) New York Asian Film Festival - June 29-July 15, 2012 *New York Premiere
- 2012 (16th) Fantasia Film Festival - July 19-August 9, 2012 *Quebec Premiere
