The Legend of Zu
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| Traditional Chinese | 蜀山傳 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 蜀山传 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Tale of Mount Shu | ||||||||||
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| Directed by | Tsui Hark | ||||||||||
| Written by | Lee Man-choi Tsui Hark | ||||||||||
| Based on | Legend of the Swordsmen of the Mountains of Shu by Huanzhulouzhu | ||||||||||
| Produced by | Tsui Hark Brian Cox Anant Singh | ||||||||||
| Starring | Ekin Cheng Cecilia Cheung Louis Koo Patrick Tam Kelly Lin Wu Jing Sammo Hung Zhang Ziyi | ||||||||||
| Cinematography | Herman Yau Poon Hang-sang William Yim | ||||||||||
| Edited by | Marco Mak | ||||||||||
| Music by | Ricky Ho | ||||||||||
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| Distributed by | China Star Entertainment Group | ||||||||||
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Running time | 104 minutes | ||||||||||
| Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Languages | Mandarin Cantonese | ||||||||||
| Budget | $35 million | ||||||||||
| Box office | HK $11,757,088.00 | ||||||||||
The Legend of Zu, also known as Zu Warriors, (Chinese: 蜀山傳) is a 2001 Hong Kong wuxia fantasy film directed and produced by Tsui Hark. The film starred Ekin Cheng, Cecilia Cheung, Louis Koo, Patrick Tam, Kelly Lin, Wu Jing, with special appearances by Sammo Hung and Zhang Ziyi.
It is based on the 1932 novel Legend of the Swordsmen of the Mountains of Shu by Huanzhulouzhu, which had previously been adapted by Tsui for his 1983 film Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain.