Death Duel (1977)

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

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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