The Duel is a 2000 Hong Kong film directed by Andrew Lau

Andrew Lau

Andrew Lau Wai-Keung is a Hong Kong cinematographer and filmmaker. Lau began his career in the 1980s and 1990s, serving as a cinematographer to filmmakers such as Ringo Lam, Wong Jing and Wong Kar-wai. In the 1990s, Lau decided to have more creative freedom as a cinematographer by becoming a film...

 and starring Andy Lau

Andy Lau

Andy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...

, Ekin Cheng

Ekin Cheng

Ekin Cheng is a Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer. Early in his career he used the name Dior as a first name. He has also been referred to as Noodle Cheng, after a popular noodle product with a similar name...

, Nick Cheung

Nick Cheung

Nick Cheung Ka-fai is a Hong Kong actor. He is married to actress Esther Kwan and the two have a daughter together named Brittany.Cheung was a Royal Hong Kong Police officer for five years and changed his career as an actor with ATV...

, Kristy Yang

Kristy Yang

Kristy Yang , also known as Kristy Yeung, is a Hong Kong-based Chinese Canadian actress.-Biography:Yang was born in Shanghai, China, to a Chinese father and a British Chinese mother...

, Zhao Wei

Zhao Wei

Zhao Wei is a mainland Chinese film actress and pop singer. Audiences sometimes refer to her by her English name, Vicki Zhao...

 and Patrick Tam. The film is adapted from Juezhan Qianhou of Gu Long

Gu Long

Xiong Yaohua , better known by his pen name Gu Long , was a Chinese novelist and screenwriter. Xiong is best known for writing wuxia novels and novel series, which include: Juedai Shuangjiao, Xiaoli Feidao Series, Chu Liuxiang Series, Lu Xiaofeng Series and Xiao Shiyilang...

's Lu Xiaofeng

Lu Xiaofeng

Lu Xiaofeng is the fictional protagonist of the wuxia novel series Lu Xiaofeng Series by Gu Long.-Personal information:Lu Xiaofeng is best identified by his distinctive "Four Eyebrows" , as he sports two strands of moustache that resemble his eyebrows, making him seem as though he has four eyebrows...

novel series. It is known for its humorous take on the original story and its special effects.

Plot

Dragon Nine, an imperial detective, is on his way back after concluding the case of the Thief Ghost. He encounters "Sword Saint" Yeh, who asks him to tell "Sword Deity" Simon to meet him for a duel on the night of the full moon at the highest rooftop of the Forbidden Palace. News of the upcoming duel between the two greatest swordsmen spread like wildfire and attract much attention, with people starting to place bets on the final outcome. The Emperor sends Dragon Nine and Princess Phoenix to stop the duel from taking place and investigate whether it is a mask for any sinister plots.

Cast

• Andy Lau
  Andy Lau
  Andy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...
  
   as Yeh Cool Son (Ye Gucheng)
• Ekin Cheng
  Ekin Cheng
  Ekin Cheng is a Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer. Early in his career he used the name Dior as a first name. He has also been referred to as Noodle Cheng, after a popular noodle product with a similar name...
  
   as Snow Blower Simon (Ximen Chuixue)
• Nick Cheung
  Nick Cheung
  Nick Cheung Ka-fai is a Hong Kong actor. He is married to actress Esther Kwan and the two have a daughter together named Brittany.Cheung was a Royal Hong Kong Police officer for five years and changed his career as an actor with ATV...
  
   as Dragon Nine (Lu Xiaofeng
  Lu Xiaofeng
  Lu Xiaofeng is the fictional protagonist of the wuxia novel series Lu Xiaofeng Series by Gu Long.-Personal information:Lu Xiaofeng is best identified by his distinctive "Four Eyebrows" , as he sports two strands of moustache that resemble his eyebrows, making him seem as though he has four eyebrows...
  
  )
• Zhao Wei
  Zhao Wei
  Zhao Wei is a mainland Chinese film actress and pop singer. Audiences sometimes refer to her by her English name, Vicki Zhao...
  
   as Princess Phoenix
• Kristy Yang
  Kristy Yang
  Kristy Yang , also known as Kristy Yeung, is a Hong Kong-based Chinese Canadian actress.-Biography:Yang was born in Shanghai, China, to a Chinese father and a British Chinese mother...
  
   as Ye Ziqing (Sun Xiuqing)
• Tien Hsin as Jade
• Patrick Tam as Emperor
• Norman Chu as "Thief Ghost" Ling Wun-hok
• Elvis Tsui
  Elvis Tsui
  Elvis Tsui , also known as Tsui Kam-kong, is a Hong Kong-based Chinese film and television actor.-Biography:...
  
   as Gold Moustache
• Jerry Lamb
  Jerry Lamb
  Jerry Lamb Hiu Fong is a Hong Kong actor. He is also known as Lamb Hiu Fung.He was born in Hong Kong. He is the younger brother of popular DJ, pop singer, and actor, Jan and radio personality-turned-singer Sandy. Jerry is best known to hardcore movie fans as the young lackey Pou-pan in the Young...
  
   as Dragon Seven
• Frankie Ng as Dragon Five
• Ronald Wong Ban as Dragon Six
• Lee Sheung-man as Shek Tsi-lun
• Wong Yat-fei as Minister
• Liu Wei as Eunuch Lau Tong
• Jing Gangshan as Tong Fei
• Yin Xiaotian as Tong Ngo
• Geng Le as Yim Tsi-chun
• Yang Haiquan as Siu Tsi-chung
• Liu Hongmei
• Hong Yingying
• Li Li
• Zhan Xiaonan

External links

The Duel on Baidu Baike

Baidu Baike

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