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The Blade - The Criterion Collection

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Number of Discs
2

Release Date
13/04/2026

Studio
Criterion Collection

format
Blu-ray / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray (Restored)

Duration
105

Certificate UK
15

Description

Among the boldest accomplishments of Hong Kong cinema's golden age, this uniquely visceral martial-arts movie puts a gritty new spin on the story of the one-armed swordsman, an iconic figure from the moment he was introduced by the Shaw Brothers studio in 1967. Composed in a whirlwind of immersive close-ups and fractured editing, The Blade follows the young sword-maker Ding On (Vincent Zhao), who, after losing an arm in an ambush, transforms himself into a furious avenger. With its intentionally disorienting stylization and starkly brutal tone, The Blade was a rare commercial disappointment for Tsui Hark, but it has since been reclaimed as one of the director's most radical visions - a tour de force of action expressionism, and a scathing reappraisal of the wuxia genre's code of masculinity, that achieves a feverish intensity.

Director: Tsui Hark
Actor: Vincent Zhao

Main Format
Blu-ray

Keyword Index
The Blade - The Criterion Collection|Vincent Zhao

Colour
Colour

Region
Region B

Subtitles
Subtitled

Extras 1
High Definition extras tbc

Extras 2
Language(s):Cantonese,AlternateEnglishdubtrack, Subtitles:English, InteractiveMenu, Screenratio1-1.85:1, Mono

Extras 3
BonusFootage, Commentary:FrankDjeng(HongKongcinemaexpert), Documentaries:'ActionetVérité'(2006), VideoessaybyTaylorRamosandTonyZhou(filmmakers);NewYorkAsianFilmFestivalQ&AwithTsuiHarkfrom2011;Internationalversionopeningandendcredits;EssaybyLisaMorton(author);NewcoverbyOliverBarrett, Trailers

Catalogue Number
CC3796UHDBDUK

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