A Man Called Hero

A Man Called Hero is a 1999 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Andrew Lau. It is loosely based on the manhua series Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword by Hong Kong artist Ma Wing-shing. It won the 1999 Golden Horse Award for Best Visual Effects.

A Man Called Hero
DVD cover art
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese中華英雄
Simplified Chinese中华英雄
Directed byAndrew Lau
Screenplay byManfred Wong
Story byMa Wing-shing
Based onChinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword
by Ma Wing-shing
Produced byManfred Wong
Barbie Tung
StarringEkin Cheng
Shu Qi
Kristy Yang
Nicholas Tse
Yuen Biao
Jerry Lamb
Dion Lam
Anthony Wong
Ken Lo
Francis Ng
Elvis Tsui
CinematographyAndrew Lau
Edited byDanny Pang
Music byChan Kwong-wing
Production
companies
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Sahamongkol Film International
Release date
  • 17 July 1999 (1999-07-17)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin
Box officeHK$23,368,902
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