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The One-Armed Swordsman

starring: Jimmy Wang Yu, Huang Chung Shun, Pin Yin Tze
directed by: Chang Cheh

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
EAN: 0796019799645
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Dragon Dynasty
Manufacturer: Dragon Dynasty
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Dragon Dynasty
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 19, 2007
Running Time: 117 minutes
Sales Rank: 14896
Studio: Dragon Dynasty
Theatrical Release Date: 1967



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Description:
(Action/Comedy) A young woman marries a dying senior member of a martial arts family in order to protect her family’s fortunes, leading to a duel with a greedy relative.

Amazon.com:
'You made me a cripple, so I'll make you a cripple, too,' sneers charismatic swordplay superstar Wang Yu, clutching his severed member, in this 1967 classic of manly suffering and bloodshed. Because of its implacable-revenge motif, and its extended training sequences, this is sometimes cited as the first true martial arts movie--a transitional film between the old-school swordplay and the contemporary kung fu genres. Whatever you call it, it is easily one of the most influential Asian action movies ever made. A master of long-sword fighting techniques, Wang loses an arm in the early innings. (It is hacked off by the woman he loves.) In order to exact payback, he has to master the unfamiliar short-sword style, using the stump of his symbolically shattered blade. Meanwhile, enemies of the long-sword school have invented a sneaky 'sword-clamp' device and deploy it against the good guys. Issues of fighting style and discipline are central; one technique trumps another, and the hero triumphs because, driven by rage, he practices more obsessively than his foes. This is a lean, effective piece of genre craftsmanship from the great director Chang Cheh, finally available in the U.S. in a letterboxed version that gives his shapely widescreen compositions a fair shake. --David Chute



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great story and plot with believable characters.
One Armed Swordsman is an excellent film that combines drama, great story telling, and action. It's ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Jimmy Wang Yu and Chang Cheh in top form!
What a film! The One-Armed Swordsman is the story of a humble student who in a terrible "accident" ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - INCREDIBLE SWORD FIGHTING FILM !!
The Weinstein Company has to be commended for finally releasing "The One-Armed Swordsman" completely ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - 5 stars for movie, 3 stars for release
OK if you have never seen this movie and are interested in classic kung-fu movies, by all means get this ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A pioneering swordplay classic starring Jimmy Wang Yu
Jimmy Wang Yu starred in many Shaw Bros. swordplay films in the 1960s, but it was THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN ... Read More

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