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Swordsmen in Double Flag Town (1991)

Swordsmen in Double Flag Town poster
Original title
双旗镇刀客
Directed by
He Ping
Genre
drama film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
16
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young swordsman travels to a remote desert town to meet his betrothed. He must confront a gang of bandits threatening the settlement.

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What happens

Swordsmen in Double Flag Town (双旗镇刀客), also known as The Swordsman in Double Flag Town, is a 1991 Chinese film directed by He Ping, starring Gao Yiwei, Zhang Mana, Chang Jiang, and Sun Haiying. The film is a mix of the wuxia and spaghetti western genres and is the first of He Ping's thematic trilogy set in western China, followed by Sun Valley and Warriors of Heaven and Earth. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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