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The Crippled Masters (1979)

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Original title
天殘地缺
Directed by
Chi Lo
Genre
martial arts film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 32 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two disabled men were crippled by their martial arts teacher. They learn to fight using their remaining abilities and then hunt him down for revenge.

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What happens

The Crippled Masters (天殘地缺, Hanyu Pinyin: Tiān cán dì quē) is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Joe Law. The film stars disabled martial artists Jackie Conn and Frankie Shum as two men, one without arms and another with withered legs, who train in kung fu and seek revenge upon the teacher who made them disabled. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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