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"https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series" } ] } ], "excerpt": "The East Is Red (东方不败之风云再起), also released as Swordsman III, is a 1993 Hong Kong wuxia film starring Brigitte Lin, the third and final entry in the Swordsman trilogy.", "snippet": "The East Is Red (东方不败之风云再起), also released as Swordsman III, is a 1993 Hong Kong wuxia film starring Brigitte Lin, the third and final entry in the Swordsman trilogy.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.action-thriller-series-entries.entries-released-in-the-1990s", "markdown": "# The East Is Red (东方不败之风云再起)\n\n**The East Is Red** (東方不敗之風雲再起, also released as *Swordsman III: The East Is Red*) is a 1993 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Ching Siu-tung (程小東) and Raymond Lee Wai-man (李惠民) and produced by [Tsui Hark](https://www.edgepedia.org/tsui-hark), the third and final entry in the [Swordsman](https://www.edgepedia.org/swordsman) trilogy that began with *The Swordsman* (1990) and *Swordsman II* (1992).[1](https://www.bfi.org.uk/film/a9cc726e-0366-518c-8a1d-a8e3e75a4b1e/the-east-is-red) • [2](https://www.dianying.com/ft/title/dfb1993) It stars [Brigitte Lin](https://www.edgepedia.org/brigitte-lin) (林青霞) as Asia the Invincible (東方不敗), Joey Wong (王祖賢) as Snow (雪千尋), and Yu Rongguang (于榮光) as the naval officer Koo Cheong-fung (顧長風), and was released in Hong Kong on 21 January 1993.[3](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B8%9C%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%8D%E8%B4%A5%E9%A3%8E%E4%BA%91%E5%86%8D%E8%B5%B7/3631758?fromModule=tashuo-article_bottom-lemma)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Chinese title | 东方不败之风云再起; English titles *The East Is Red* and *Swordsman III*[1](https://www.bfi.org.uk/film/a9cc726e-0366-518c-8a1d-a8e3e75a4b1e/the-east-is-red) |\n| Release | 21 January 1993, Hong Kong[3](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B8%9C%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%8D%E8%B4%A5%E9%A3%8E%E4%BA%91%E5%86%8D%E8%B5%B7/3631758?fromModule=tashuo-article_bottom-lemma) |\n| Directors / producer | Ching Siu-tung and Raymond Lee; produced by Tsui Hark[1](https://www.bfi.org.uk/film/a9cc726e-0366-518c-8a1d-a8e3e75a4b1e/the-east-is-red) |\n| Writers | Tsui Hark, Roy Szeto (司徒慧焯), and Carbon Cheung (張炭), from Louis Cha's novel *The Smiling, Proud Wanderer*[1](https://www.bfi.org.uk/film/a9cc726e-0366-518c-8a1d-a8e3e75a4b1e/the-east-is-red) • [2](https://www.dianying.com/ft/title/dfb1993) |\n| Cast | Brigitte Lin, Joey Wong, Yu Rongguang, Jean Wang, Lau Shun, Eddy Ko[4](https://m.1905.com/m/film/starlist/2087246.shtml) |\n| Box office | HK$11,248,503 in Hong Kong, 31st place for the year[5](https://www.jendow.com.tw/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%8D%E6%95%97%E9%A2%A8%E9%9B%B2%E5%86%8D%E8%B5%B7) • [6](https://post.smzdm.com/p/agg5km4w/) |\n| Music | Wu Wai-lap (胡偉立)[2](https://www.dianying.com/ft/title/dfb1993) |\n| Award nomination | 13th Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Costume and Make-up Design (Cheung Sau-ping, Chiu Kwok-shun)[3](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B8%9C%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%8D%E8%B4%A5%E9%A3%8E%E4%BA%91%E5%86%8D%E8%B5%B7/3631758?fromModule=tashuo-article_bottom-lemma) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Plot\n\nAfter the battle of Black Cliffs (黑木崖), Asia the Invincible is believed dead, and martial artists across the land use her name to build cults and seize power.[9](https://labs.giloo.ist/zh-CN/episodes/2893) A Ming naval officer, Koo Cheong-fung, escorts a Spanish expedition to the Black Cliffs to investigate her death; the [Spaniards](https://www.edgepedia.org/spaniards) actually seek the Sacred Scroll that gave Asia her supernatural powers.[10](https://tgr.org.hk/index.php/zh/2016-10-12-17-39-36/2016-10-21-10-33-08/78-2016-10-21-15-01-08) • [11](https://hkfilm.net/eastred.htm) Koo discovers that Asia is alive, and she spares him after he tells her how impostors are trading on her name; she sets out to kill them.[10](https://tgr.org.hk/index.php/zh/2016-10-12-17-39-36/2016-10-21-10-33-08/78-2016-10-21-15-01-08)\n\nMeanwhile Snow, Asia's former lover, has rebuilt the Sun Moon Sect under Asia's banner while waiting for her return.[9](https://labs.giloo.ist/zh-CN/episodes/2893) Asia finds Snow and violently severs their bond; Koo rescues Snow and falls in love with her, while Snow remains devoted to Asia.[3](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B8%9C%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%8D%E8%B4%A5%E9%A3%8E%E4%BA%91%E5%86%8D%E8%B5%B7/3631758?fromModule=tashuo-article_bottom-lemma) When Asia moves to conquer the martial world again, Koo leads the navy against her in a final battle; Snow dies, and Asia, holding her body, is left disillusioned.[3](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B8%9C%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%8D%E8%B4%A5%E9%A3%8E%E4%BA%91%E5%86%8D%E8%B5%B7/3631758?fromModule=tashuo-article_bottom-lemma) The Los Angeles Times critic Kevin Thomas described the ending confrontation between Koo and Asia as readable simultaneously as \"an epic battle of the sexes and a man taking on an intrinsically male demon.\"[12](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-20-ca-60170-story.html)\n\n## Production background\n\nThe film was made quickly to capitalize on the box-office success of *Swordsman II* (1992), which had made a star of Brigitte Lin and started a vogue for gender-bending characters across the Hong Kong industry.[7](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3091557/how-tsui-hark-brigitte-lin-revived-swordsman-series-east) Tsui Hark had not planned a sequel and had killed off Asia the Invincible at the end of *Swordsman II*, but the character's popularity made a sequel commercially attractive, so she was resurrected with no real attempt to explain how.[7](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3091557/how-tsui-hark-brigitte-lin-revived-swordsman-series-east) An interview account describes the film as a case of Tsui and Ching following their own trend: so many filmmakers were copying *Swordsman II* that they decided to follow themselves.[8](https://www.vanke.com/EN/UploadFile/2014-03/994779ea-cb8e-4759-bcf1-154823656223.pdf)\n\nBecause Tsui had by then fallen out with the novelist Louis Cha (金庸), the film dropped the *Swordsman* (笑傲江湖) branding; apart from the character of Asia the Invincible, the story has essentially no connection to the original novel.[6](https://post.smzdm.com/p/agg5km4w/) The film was produced by Golden Princess and Long Shong Pictures through Tsui's Film Workshop, with distribution by Newport Entertainment (新寶娛樂).[2](https://www.dianying.com/ft/title/dfb1993) • [3](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B8%9C%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%8D%E8%B4%A5%E9%A3%8E%E4%BA%91%E5%86%8D%E8%B5%B7/3631758?fromModule=tashuo-article_bottom-lemma) Tsui later referred to the chaotic production as the Hong Kong film industry's \"doomsday toll,\" seeing it as a herald of the industry's decline.[7](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3091557/how-tsui-hark-brigitte-lin-revived-swordsman-series-east)\n\n## Cast and crew\n\nBrigitte Lin reprises her role as Asia the Invincible, the gender-shifting cult leader she played in *Swordsman II*; throughout the film the character is still referred to as male.[12](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-20-ca-60170-story.html) Yu Rongguang replaced [Jet Li](https://www.edgepedia.org/jet-li), who did not return from the previous installment.[11](https://hkfilm.net/eastred.htm) The supporting cast includes Jean Wang (王靜瑩) as Tai Cho-shi, Lau Shun (劉洵) as an elder of the Sun Moon Sect, Eddy Ko (高雄) as Hon Ching, Waise Lee (李子雄), Fennie Yuen (袁潔瑩), and Kingdom Yuen (苑瓊丹).[4](https://m.1905.com/m/film/starlist/2087246.shtml) • [3](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B8%9C%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%8D%E8%B4%A5%E9%A3%8E%E4%BA%91%E5%86%8D%E8%B5%B7/3631758?fromModule=tashuo-article_bottom-lemma) Lau Moon-tong was the cinematographer, Marco Mak the editor, and Cheung Sau-ping the costume and image designer; Wu Wai-lap composed the score.[3](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B8%9C%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%8D%E8%B4%A5%E9%A3%8E%E4%BA%91%E5%86%8D%E8%B5%B7/3631758?fromModule=tashuo-article_bottom-lemma) • [2](https://www.dianying.com/ft/title/dfb1993)\n\n## Style and action\n\nThe film pushes the fantastique strain of wuxia, a tradition allowing martial artists magical powers, to extremes even by Hong Kong standards.[7](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3091557/how-tsui-hark-brigitte-lin-revived-swordsman-series-east) • [13](https://moriareviews.com/fantasy/swordsman-iii-the-east-is-red-1993.htm) Its set pieces include Asia catching cannonballs fired at her by Spanish sailors bare-handed and telling them their Bible is wrong and they should worship her instead; a sailing ship that converts itself into a wheeled submarine and attacks from beneath enemy vessels; a dwarf warlord hiding inside an oversized suit of samurai armor; and Asia riding into combat on a leaping swordfish.[14](https://letterboxd.com/film/swordsman-iii-the-east-is-red/) • [13](https://moriareviews.com/fantasy/swordsman-iii-the-east-is-red-1993.htm) The line \"你有科学，我有神功\" (\"You have science, I have magic powers\") crystallizes the film's running contest between Western technology and Chinese mysticism.[6](https://post.smzdm.com/p/agg5km4w/)\n\nThe film's treatment of gender and religion drew particular attention. Its love triangle among Asia, Snow, and Koo spans male-female and same-sex pairings, and the film was screened at LGBT festivals including the Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival, where it was billed as featuring \"the first transsexual lesbian superhero.\"[6](https://post.smzdm.com/p/agg5km4w/) • [15](https://www.queer.film/wickedqueer/wq-events/the-east-is-red) A contemporary review noted its mockery of Christian missionary figures and its themes of faith, the contest between science and mysticism, and the limits of individual achievement.[3](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B8%9C%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%8D%E8%B4%A5%E9%A3%8E%E4%BA%91%E5%86%8D%E8%B5%B7/3631758?fromModule=tashuo-article_bottom-lemma)\n\n## Reception and box office\n\nIn Hong Kong the film earned HK$11,248,503, ranking 31st for 1993, a weak result for a major franchise entry; it performed better abroad, topping the 1993 Korean market for Chinese-language films.[5](https://www.jendow.com.tw/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%8D%E6%95%97%E9%A2%A8%E9%9B%B2%E5%86%8D%E8%B5%B7) • [6](https://post.smzdm.com/p/agg5km4w/) In Taiwan it set a single-day record for the China Theatre in Taipei, taking NT$1,805,060 on its opening day, then the highest first-day take there for any Chinese or foreign film.[16](https://www.maigoo.com/citiao/221678.html) It was nominated for Best Costume and Make-up Design at the 13th Hong Kong Film Awards.[3](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B8%9C%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%8D%E8%B4%A5%E9%A3%8E%E4%BA%91%E5%86%8D%E8%B5%B7/3631758?fromModule=tashuo-article_bottom-lemma)\n\nCritical response has been divided. Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times called it \"a dazzling yet poignant martial-arts period fantasy.\"[12](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-20-ca-60170-story.html) The review site hkfilm.net rated it 8.5 out of 10, calling it one of the most powerful films to come out of Hong Kong at the apex of its golden age, while conceding that its plot is nearly impossible to follow.[11](https://hkfilm.net/eastred.htm) Other reviewers found the story incoherent and the characters thinly drawn, holding the film together mainly through the performances of Lin and Wong.[17](https://neofilmshop.com/blogs/news/film-review-swordsman-3-the-east-is-red-1993-hong-kong) • [18](https://fareastfilms.com/review/the-east-is-red/) On Douban it holds 7.4 out of 10 from about 114,500 users as of December 2025.[3](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B8%9C%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%8D%E8%B4%A5%E9%A3%8E%E4%BA%91%E5%86%8D%E8%B5%B7/3631758?fromModule=tashuo-article_bottom-lemma)\n\n## Versions and legacy\n\nReported running times differ across releases and databases: 93 minutes (Baidu Baike), 94 minutes (Australian [Classification](https://www.edgepedia.org/classification)), 97 minutes (jendow), and 98 minutes (Hong Kong Film Archive projection listing, Giloo, and Apple TV).[3](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B8%9C%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%8D%E8%B4%A5%E9%A3%8E%E4%BA%91%E5%86%8D%E8%B5%B7/3631758?fromModule=tashuo-article_bottom-lemma) • [19](https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/east-red-main-title-not-english) • [5](https://www.jendow.com.tw/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%8D%E6%95%97%E9%A2%A8%E9%9B%B2%E5%86%8D%E8%B5%B7) • [10](https://tgr.org.hk/index.php/zh/2016-10-12-17-39-36/2016-10-21-10-33-08/78-2016-10-21-15-01-08) The film has been released on DVD and Blu-ray in multiple territories, and a Shout! Factory Blu-ray release presents the film for home viewing; the American Genre Film Archive lists the Shout! edition of the 1993 Hong Kong cut.[20](https://www.yesasia.com/global/%E6%9D%B1%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%8D%E6%95%97-%E9%A2%A8%E9%9B%B2%E5%86%8D%E8%B5%B7-1993-dvd-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E7%89%88/1091555978-0-0-0-zh_TW/info.html) • [21](https://www.americangenrefilm.com/theatrical-film-catalog/swordsman-iii-the-east-is-red/)\n\nThe film closed the Swordsman trilogy and marked the end of Brigitte Lin's run of androgynous wuxia roles; she retired from film a few years later.[22](https://moviecritic2000.blogspot.com/2009/04/swordsman-iii-east-is-red.html?m=1) Retrospective commentary treats it as a late, self-aware entry in the new wuxia wave of the early 1990s: a film made to counter the imitators of its own predecessor, whose excesses anticipated the commercial decline of Hong Kong genre filmmaking in the mid-1990s.[6](https://post.smzdm.com/p/agg5km4w/) • [7](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3091557/how-tsui-hark-brigitte-lin-revived-swordsman-series-east)\n\n## References\n\n1. [The EAST IS RED (1993), British Film Institute](https://www.bfi.org.uk/film/a9cc726e-0366-518c-8a1d-a8e3e75a4b1e/the-east-is-red)\n2. [東方不敗 II之風雲再起 (1993), Hong Kong Movie Database](https://www.dianying.com/ft/title/dfb1993)\n3. [东方不败风云再起, Baidu Baike](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B8%9C%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%8D%E8%B4%A5%E9%A3%8E%E4%BA%91%E5%86%8D%E8%B5%B7/3631758?fromModule=tashuo-article_bottom-lemma)\n4. [东方不败风云再起 演职员表, 1905电影网](https://m.1905.com/m/film/starlist/2087246.shtml)\n5. [東方不敗風雲再起, 百科知識中文網](https://www.jendow.com.tw/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%8D%E6%95%97%E9%A2%A8%E9%9B%B2%E5%86%8D%E8%B5%B7)\n6. [〖影评专栏〗1993香港电影风云（一）, 什么值得买](https://post.smzdm.com/p/agg5km4w/)\n7. [How Tsui Hark, Brigitte Lin revived the Swordsman series with The East Is Red, South China Morning Post (2020)](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3091557/how-tsui-hark-brigitte-lin-revived-swordsman-series-east)\n8. [1981年，香港左派的\"中原公司\"回大陆开拍功夫 (interview transcript PDF)](https://www.vanke.com/EN/UploadFile/2014-03/994779ea-cb8e-4759-bcf1-154823656223.pdf)\n9. [东方不败：风云再起, Giloo 紀實影音](https://labs.giloo.ist/zh-CN/episodes/2893)\n10. [1993 The East is Red 東方不敗之風雲再起, 香港電影資料館節目 (tgr.org.hk)](https://tgr.org.hk/index.php/zh/2016-10-12-17-39-36/2016-10-21-10-33-08/78-2016-10-21-15-01-08)\n11. [The East is Red (aka Swordsman III) review, hkfilm.net](https://hkfilm.net/eastred.htm)\n12. [Movie Review: 'Swordsman 3': Martial Arts and Heart Both Play a Role, Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times (1994)](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-20-ca-60170-story.html)\n13. [Swordsman III: The East is Red (1993), Moria review](https://moriareviews.com/fantasy/swordsman-iii-the-east-is-red-1993.htm)\n14. [Swordsman III: The East Is Red, Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/film/swordsman-iii-the-east-is-red/)\n15. [The East Is Red, 9th Annual Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival](https://www.queer.film/wickedqueer/wq-events/the-east-is-red)\n16. [《东方不败风云再起》电影简介, 买购网](https://www.maigoo.com/citiao/221678.html)\n17. [Film Review: Swordsman 3: The East is Red (1993), Neo Film Shop](https://neofilmshop.com/blogs/news/film-review-swordsman-3-the-east-is-red-1993-hong-kong)\n18. [The East Is Red (1993) Review, Far East Films](https://fareastfilms.com/review/the-east-is-red/)\n19. [EAST IS RED, THE, Australian Classification](https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/east-red-main-title-not-english)\n20. [東方不敗 風雲再起 (1993) (DVD) (香港版), YesAsia](https://www.yesasia.com/global/%E6%9D%B1%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%8D%E6%95%97-%E9%A2%A8%E9%9B%B2%E5%86%8D%E8%B5%B7-1993-dvd-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E7%89%88/1091555978-0-0-0-zh_TW/info.html)\n21. [SWORDSMAN III: THE EAST IS RED, American Genre Film Archive](https://www.americangenrefilm.com/theatrical-film-catalog/swordsman-iii-the-east-is-red/)\n22. [Swordsman III: The East Is Red (1993), The Grand Superhero Opera](https://moviecritic2000.blogspot.com/2009/04/swordsman-iii-east-is-red.html?m=1)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Films and standalone screen works › Individual films by title and year › Franchise and series entries as standalone works › Action, thriller, and crime series film entries › Entries released in the 1990s*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026; Nov 11, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/the-east-is-red", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/the-east-is-red.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. 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