New Kung Fu Cult Master 1

New Kung Fu Cult Master 1 is a 2022 Hong Kong-Chinese wuxia film directed by Wong Jing and Venus Keung adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. It is a follow-up to the 1993 film Kung Fu Cult Master. The film stars Louis Koo, Donnie Yen, Raymond Lam, Janice Man, Yun Qianqian and Sabrina Qiu.

The film was theatrically released on 28 January 2022 in Singapore, while it was released on streaming platforms on 31 January 2022 in China. A sequel, New Kung Fu Cult Master 2, was released on streaming platforms on 3 February 2022 in China.

Cast

 * Louis Koo as Cheung Chui-san
 * Donnie Yen as Cheung Sam-fung (special appearance)
 * Raymond Lam as Cheung Mo-kei
 * Chaney Lin as 15-year-old Cheung Mo-kei
 * Janice Man as Chiu Man
 * Yun Qianqian as Siu-chiu
 * Sabrina Qiu as Chow Chi-yeuk
 * Elvis Tsui as Tse Shun
 * Alex Fong as Yeung Chiu
 * Raymond Wong Ho-yin as Wai Yat-siu
 * Jade Leung as Abbess Mit-juet
 * Rebecca Zhu as Yan So-so
 * Lam Chi-chung as Wah Shan Elder
 * Zhang Xuan as Ting Man-kwan
 * Derek Kok as Fan Yiu
 * Tin Kai-man as Wah Shan Elder
 * Yu Kang as Hok Pat-yung
 * Mars as Hung Man
 * Wilfred Lau as Sung Ching-shu
 * Felix Lok as Yan Tin-ching
 * Parkman Wong as Sung Yuen-kiu
 * Asano Nagahide as Yue Lin-chau
 * Dominic Ho as Yan Lei-hang
 * Edward Chui as Cheung Chung-kai
 * Ken Hung as Mok Sing-kuk
 * Jason Wong as Yu Toi-ngam
 * Chang Yuci as Elder sister Seung
 * Lu Yan as Elder sister Luk
 * Ding Yusen as Luk Cheung-hak
 * Xing Yu as Sing Kwan
 * Louis Fan as Dog
 * Hung Yan-yan as Cat
 * Wiyona Yeung as Chow Chi-yeuk's mother

Production
On 21 December 2019, Wong Jing posted a teaser poster of the film on his Sina Weibo account and stating that Zhang Wuji will finally meet with Zhao Min in Dadu, hinting he will be making a follow-up to his 1993 film Kung Fu Cult Master, which ended in a cliffhanger. Principal photography began for the film began in January 2020 at the Hengdian World Studios. However, production was halted two weeks later due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was resumed in mid-April of the same year. On 7 May 2020, director Wong released stills of the cast in their characters on his Sina Weibo account.

On 2 January 2022, Wong announced on his Sina Weibo account that the film had been split into two parts, New Kung Fu Cult Master 1 and New Kung Fu Cult Master 2, to be released during the Chinese New Year period of the year. This later led to speculations that the cast was having disagreements with the production over salary disputes, but cast member Donnie Yen later responded to this by stating that he knew that it was going to be a duology from the start.

Release
New Kung Fu Cult Master 1 premiered with theatrical release in Singapore on 28 January 2022 while in China, the film was released on 31 January 2022 in China on streaming platforms with a fee of RMB¥5 to stream the film. A sequel, New Kung Fu Cult Master 2, was released on streaming platforms on 3 February 2022 in China.