The Sword is a 1980 Hong Kong wuxia film co-written and directed by Patrick Tam and starring Adam Cheng.

[1] Legendary swordsman, Fa Chin-shu finds the Qiwu Sword and takes it to a blacksmith to get it mended.

Lee Mak-yin, a swordsman who greatly admires Fa Chin-shu and wishes to find him so that he can challenge him to a duel.

On his journey to search for the retired swordsman, he meets a woman Fa Ying-chi who was pursued by an enemy.

Siu-yu tells him that she is married to a man named Lin Wan in an arranged marriage set up by her parents.

Yuen Kei receives a message that Chin-shu’s daughter has been kidnapped by an enemy to lure him out to fight.

Upon meeting Chin-shu, he makes an offer to challenge him to a duel because he admires him a lot and wants to test his sword skills.

Yuen Kei, overwhelmed by guilt that she gave Mak-yin the Qiwu sword and feels responsible for Chin-shu’s death that she committed suicide.