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Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969)

Return of the One-Armed Swordsman poster
Original title
獨臂刀王
Directed by
Chang Cheh
Genre
action film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 46m
Rated
16
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 102 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A retired one-armed swordsman must fight again when a gang of villainous swordsmen tries to take over the martial arts world through murder, hostage-taking, and blackmail. He comes out of retirement to stop them.

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What happens

Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (獨臂刀王), also known as One-Armed Swordsman Return, is a 1969 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Chang Cheh and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. The film is a sequel to the 1967 film The One-Armed Swordsman, with Jimmy Wang and Lisa Chiao Chiao reprising their roles. It was followed by a sequel, The New One-Armed Swordsman, in 1971. In the film, a group of villainous swordsmen is trying to take over the jianghu by various means, including murder, hostage-taking, and blackmailing the various martial arts schools. The One-Armed Swordsman comes out of retirement to stop them. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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