5 Quotes by Tsui Hark

I have always been a fan of Wuxia movies. They give us a refreshed view of what we had before, of the values and of the way we looked at life.

Wuxia culture is like another dimension that provides us with strong emotion, strong passion.

Be it Chow Yun-fat, Jet Li or Jackie Chan, the proportion of dialogue and drama in their movies is heavy. They use their dialogue to show their acting skills a lot,

It may seem like the martial arts world has always been dominated by male characters. But that's only the physical difference. When you write in a female warrior in a male-dominated story, she takes on a kind of strength and mental integrity that do not distinguish her from her male counterparts. My idea is to create an impact when you see a woman fighter fighting with all the might of a man.

The film is adapted from a novel, and in fact the novel's seven warriors are all male,