chief and Dongfang Bubai's ally. Chin Kar-lok as Sarutobi Kazuki, Hattori's henchman. Lau Shun as Xiang Wentian (), an elder of the Sun Moon Holy Cult who remains loyal to Ren Woxing. Fennie Yuen as Lan Fenghuang (), Ren Yingying's subordinate. Yen Shi-kwan as Ren Woxing (), the former leader of the Sun Moon Holy Cult who was overthrown and imprisoned by Dongfang Bubai. Candice Yu as Shishi (), Dongfang Bubai's lover. Cheung Kwok-leung as Eunuch Hong Alternative versions The United States version has nine minutes of the original film cut and was released under the title Legend of the Swordsman. It is dubbed in English and retains the original music score. The Hong Kong version is in Cantonese and it retains the nine minutes of extended footage and gory violence. The Taiwanese version, which is dubbed in Mandarin, contains an additional four minutes of rare extended and gory footage that was removed in the United States and Hong Kong releases, bringing the total runtime to 112 minutes. It has some different music scores and features Jet Li's original voice. It has aired on Chinese Television System many times. Production In the Mandarin-dubbed version of the film, Rosamund Kwan and Fennie Yuen speak Sichuanese instead of Standard Mandarin. This was meant to enhance the fact that their characters are of the Miao ethnic group. Music The original soundtrack album for the film, "Ching Hsia Lin/ Swordsman 2" (traditional Chinese: 東方不敗 － 林青霞 電影音樂紀實; simplified Chinese: 东方不败 －林青霞 电影音乐纪实; pinyin: Dōngfāng bù bài - línqīngxiá diànyǐng yīnyuè jìshí) was released by BMG Music Taiwan in 1992. It contains 20 tracks with 3 sound recordings at the scene. The theme song from The Swordsman, Chong Hoi Yat Sing Siu (), performed in Cantonese by Samuel Hui in the first film, was played in a few scenes in Swordsman II. Reception Critical reception Brigitte Lin's performance was listed as one of the "Great Performances" by Richard Corliss under TIME magazine's "All-TIME 100 Movies". On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 71% based on 7 reviews, with an average rating of 6.79/10. Box office The film grossed HK$34,462,861 at the Hong Kong box office and remains Jet Li's highest-grossing film in Hong Kong to date. Accolades References External links 1992 films 1992 LGBT-related films 1992 action films 1992 martial arts films 1990s Cantonese-language films Films based on Chinese