Directed by:
Cheh ChangCinematography:
Han Lu KuangVOD (1)
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It all begins here!!!! In 1967 the legendary director Chang Cheh established the contemporary wuxia sword-play film. The movie in question, The One-Armed Swordsman, not only led to several sequels and spin-offs but remains, alongside Bruce Lee's pivotal The Big Boss and Jackie Chan's Drunken Master, possibly the most influential martial arts movie ever imagined! Starring the legendary Jimmy Wang as a seriously wronged one-limbed loner on a path of vengeance - first time viewers of this eternally iconic motion picture will doubtlessly be taken aback by its blindingly beautiful colour palette and some shocking vicious (and gory) fight sequences. Having not aged one day, it is an eternal sin that The One-Armed Swordsman still misses out on snotty, sniffy critic lists of the 'best foreign films' ever produced. (88 Films)
(more)Cast
Cheng Lei
China
Best movies:
The Assassin (1967)
Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1979)
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969)
Pak-chan Yeung
Best movies:
The Assassin (1967)
Man of Iron (1972)
The New One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
Dan Fan
Best movies:
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969)
One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
The Magnificent Trio (1966)
Lung Chiang
Best movies:
The Assassin (1967)
One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
Dragons Forever (1988)
Mei Wong
Best movies:
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969)
Chinese Vengeance (1973)
Man of Iron (1972)
Tung Ting
Best movies:
Martial Club (1981)
Chinatown Kid (1977)
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
Pei-Shan Chang
China
Best movies:
The Assassin (1967)
Broken Oath (1977)
One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
Siu-Loi Chow
Best movies:
Martial Club (1981)
Shaolin Challenges Ninja (1978)
The Lady Hermit (1971)