Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969)

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

How it feels

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)

Trailer

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