Gu Long
It was one of Shaw Brothers' highest grossing films in the studio's history, and it was followed by a sequel, "Return of the Sentimental Swordsman", in 1981. An in-name-only "sequel", "Perils of the Sentimental Swordsman", was released in 1982, with no relation to the main character of Little Flying Dagger Li, being based instead in the "Lu Xiaofeng" novel series (also by Gu Long), and its previous film adaptations.