Underplayed Gems

Death Duel (1977)

Death Duel poster
Original title
三少爺的劍
Directed by
Chor Yuen
Genre
action film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A legendary swordsman wants to retire but his past keeps pulling him back into violent duels. The story follows his struggle to escape a life of killing.

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What happens

Death Duel (三少爺的劍) is a 1977 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Chor Yuen and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. Starring Derek Yee and Ling Yun, the film was also Candice Yu's debut. It was adapted from the novel San Shaoye De Jian (Third Young Master's Sword) by Gu Long, and was remade in 2016 as Sword Master, which was directed by Derek Yee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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