The Merciful Sword (1971) Shaw brothers movie?

[Chen Hung Lieh]

https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml? ... ay_set=eng

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=43117&hilit=merciful+sword

"Merciful Sword": added 1 prod. company, producers, 1 writer, phot., art dir. and 1 actor.

Somebody added Shaw Bros. as prod. company. I think this is wrong.

I think too Shaw Brothers is wrong. According poster it was a collaboration between Hsien Dai & Chien Hwa Film, no sign of SB in the two posters. I've also checked the advertisements in the HK newspaper digital archive, not a single ad mentions SB, not even as a distributor. SB movies usually have a Shaw Scope logo in the ad.

If no one objects, I will delete Shaw Brothers and add Chien Hwa Film Co. Ltd. in 2 weeks.

[yukabacera]

Nice catch, I agree. Maybe the confusion stems from the fact it was shown in the Shaw circuit in Singapore. If an editor way back then had or saw one of those ubiquitous flyers and it had the Shaw logo on it, he might have added it based on that. It seems to have become quite a widespread error across the internet though.

[Chen Hung Lieh]

Almost forgot this topic...

Maybe the confusion stems from the fact it was shown in the Shaw circuit in Singapore. If an editor way back then had or saw one of those ubiquitous flyers and it had the Shaw logo on it, he might have added it based on that.

Makes sense, I know what flyers you mean.

Shaw Brothers removed.