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Seven Swords is a 2005 wuxia film produced and directed by Tsui Hark, starring Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Charlie Yeung, Sun Honglei, Lu Yi and Kim So-yeon.An international co-production between Hong Kong, China, South Korea and the Netherlands, the story is loosely adapted from Liang Yusheng's novel Qijian Xia Tianshan and is completely unrelated to the novel except for some characters' names.
Seven Swordsmen is a 2006 Chinese television series directed by Clarence Fok and produced by Tsui Hark. The series is loosely adapted from Liang Yusheng's wuxia novels Qijian Xia Tianshan and Saiwai Qixia Zhuan. It is also the television series counterpart to the 2005 film Seven Swords, which was also directed and produced by Tsui Hark. This ...
The film is based on the 2012 English-language novel of same name, written by Tan Twan Eng. The book was well received and won the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize. [2] In 2014, it was announced that the novel would be adapted by Malaysian film company Astro Shaw and HBO Asia, with support from National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS).
On 25 July 2012, the book was longlisted for the Booker Prize, and on 11 September it was shortlisted. [7] On 14 March 2013, it won the Man Asian Literary Prize. [2] On 14 June 2013, it won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. [8] [9] The book was one of eight finalists for the International Dublin Literary Award (2014). [10]
Qijian Xia Tianshan is a wuxia novel by Liang Yusheng first published as a serial between 15 February 1956 and 31 March 1957 in the Hong Kong newspaper Ta Kung Pao.Considered the third part of the Tianshan series of novels by Liang Yusheng, it is closely related to the first two parts, Baifa Monü Zhuan and Saiwai Qixia Zhuan.
The Mist (also known as Stephen King's The Mist) is a 2007 American cosmic horror film [4] directed, written, and co-produced by Frank Darabont.Based on the 1980 novella of the same name by Stephen King, the film stars an ensemble cast of Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher and Toby Jones.
"Rain" is a short story by the British writer W. Somerset Maugham. It was originally published as "Miss Thompson" in the April 1921 issue of the American literary magazine The Smart Set, [1] and was included in the collection of stories by Maugham The Trembling of a Leaf.
A Hatful of Rain is a 1957 American drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Eva Marie Saint, Don Murray, Anthony Franciosa, Lloyd Nolan and Henry Silva. The story is based on a 1955 Broadway play of the same name [ 1 ] about the effects of morphine addiction .