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The New One-Armed Swordsman (1971)

The New One-Armed Swordsman poster
Original title
新獨臂刀
Directed by
Chang Cheh
Genre
drama film, action film, martial arts film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
R
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 83 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A skilled swordsman loses his arm in a duel and struggles to adjust to his disability. He eventually takes up a new fighting style to confront a powerful enemy.

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What happens

The New One-Armed Swordsman (新獨臂刀) is a 1971 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Chang Cheh and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, starring David Chiang. Chiang replaced Jimmy Wang, the star of the two preceding films in the series, The One-Armed Swordsman and Return of the One-Armed Swordsman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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