On paper, a filmic marriage between Tsui Hark and King Hu seemed like a good idea.
With films like A Touch of Zen, Hu had created the template for the innovative approach to wuxia films that Tsui wanted to employ in the early 1990s. Moreover, Tsui had often said that Hu had been a major influence on his style.
Unfortunately, their attempt at a collaboration quickly fell into ruin. Tsui invited Hu to direct Swordsman, his 1990 adaptation of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, a 1967 wuxia novel by Jin Yong (real name Louis Cha Leung-yung).
Hu lasted just a month before resigning, being fired, or simply being edged out of the production – the details of what happened remain fuzzy.
Tsui, who was producing the film, directed some of the scenes himself, and used four other directors – martial arts choreographer and director Tony Ching Siu-tung, Ann Hui On-wah, Raymond Lee Wai-man, and Andrew Kam Yeung-wah.
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