程小东简介原名程冬儿,安徽省寿县人,1953年出生。香港东方戏剧学校学生,习艺七年。他是名导演程刚的儿子,从小在片场长大,十七岁开始当龙虎武师,参演过【出笼马骝】等影片,二十岁为电视剧集【侠盗风流】出任武术指导,72年开始为电影当武术指导,首部作品是【十四女英豪】,接着是【新蜀山剑侠】、【名剑】、【英雄本色续集】、【喋血双雄】等。83年开始执导筒,第一部导演作品是【生死决】,成为当年十大华语片之一,其后执导了【奇缘】,并获得第六届香港电影金像奖最佳武术动作奖,90年的【笑傲江湖】再获此殊荣,他执导的第三部影片【倩女幽魂】获得了第十六届法国科幻电影节评判团特别奖,并掀起了八十年代中国惊悚电影的热潮92年担任武术指导的【新龙门客栈】,勇夺台湾金马奖最佳动作奖,他当武术指导和导演的电影和电视剧集,以影象凌厉、武打动作富动感见称。
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Ching Siu Tung is among the most talented "wire fu" action and martial arts directors in the Hong Kong film industry. He has made such classics as A Chinese Ghost Story trilogy, Swordsman trilogy, Witch From Nepal and Heroic Trio 1 and 2 (with Johnnie To). Duel to the Death (1982) is among his very early directorial efforts (as far as I know, this was his FIRST film as a director), and this film shows his great talents and visual eye. The film tells about the traditional sword fight contest in which the best fighter of Japan and best fighter of China duel, and in most cases, to the death. In this film, these two sword masters become friends and soon they have other enemies to fight. The plot is not the most important thing in these movies. The great visuals and cinematic magic are the things which make these Orient films so unique compared to others.
The incredible color world is shown for the first time at the very beginning of the mo...