The East Is Red (1993 film)

The East Is Red
Theatrical release poster
東方不敗 - 風雲再起
Directed by
Screenplay by
Produced byTsui Hark
Starring
CinematographyTom Lau
Edited by
  • Chun Yu
  • Keung Chuen-tak
Music byWilliam Hu
Production
companies
Distributed byNewport Entertainment
Release date
  • 21 January 1993 (1993-01-21)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$11,248,503

The East Is Red (東方不敗 - 風雲再起), also known as Swordsman III and The Great China Warrior, is a 1993 Hong Kong wuxia film produced by Tsui Hark and co-directed by Ching Siu-tung and Raymond Lee, starring Brigitte Lin, Joey Wong and Yu Rongguang. The protagonist is loosely based on Dongfang Bubai, a minor character in the novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by Jin Yong. The film is considered a sequel to The Swordsman and Swordsman II.