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One-Armed Swordsman

Original title: Du bei dao / The One-Armed Swordsman
1967 · 1 h 55 min
Directed by Chang Cheh
ActionDrama

Cast

Jimmy Wang Yu Chiao Chiao Chung-Hsin Huang Yin-Tze Pan Pei-Shan Chang Hsiung Chao

Plot

A young swordsman who loses an arm in a fight trains himself to fight with a broken sword manual and returns to defend his master's school, in a film that defined the new martial-arts hero.

Sinekatalog’s take

A classic and influential swordplay film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (4,193 votes)
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