The new onearmed swordsman is a 1971 hong kong wuxia film directed by chang cheh and produced by the shaw brothers studio, starring david chiang. The new onearmed swordsman is an early seventies swordplay directed by martialcinema master chang cheh, part of his blood brother series of violent and gloomy martial films pairing david chiang and ti lung. Wang was a studio player for the shaw brothers, the sort of actor who worked for very low wages and had no say in his parts. The one armed swordsmen 1976 031976 hk action 1h 49m user score. Lei li lost his rightarm in a sword duel with the master of a martial arts school, long ago.
The series is focused on rogue warriors, rebel swordsmen, and other wandering heroes from the far east and explores the multifaceted figure of the knight errant in east. The one armed swordsmen is the saga of two one armed martial artists seeking revenge against yet a third, one armed fighter, who. The onearmed swordsman is a series of hong kong martial arts films produced by the shaw brothers studio between 1967 and 1971. This is without a doubt the best version of the onearmed swordsman ive ever seen.
Onearmed swordsman is a 1967 hong kong wuxia film produced by the shaw brothers studio. Starring tien peng, polly kuan, chiang nan, cho kin, miao tian, sit hon, o yauman, liu chik. This is one of those dumb kung fu movies where the title is taken to literal extremes. Wu tang collection one armed swordsmen english subtitles wu tang collection views. Of course, he didnt always have one one arm, he did start of with two the movie starts back during the childhood of the one armed swordsman, now a two armed child named fang kang. One armed swordsman is a shaw brothers classic from 1967 also remade as the blade dao about a swordsman who has, believe it or not, one arm. It helped to introduce a new style of filmmaking referred to as wuxia. A noble swordsman, whose arm had been chopped off, returns to his former teacher to defend him from a villainous gang of rival swordsmen.
With jimmy wang yu, chiao chiao, chunghsin huang, yintze pan. The onearmed swordsman 1967 the movie database tmdb. The onearmed swordsman wasnt the first film for director chang cheh. David chiang in the new onearmed swordsman 1971 full movie kamari alcantara views.
One student sacrifices his life to save his teacher and his school, his dying wish is that his son be taken in as a student. Tired of constantly being accused and persecuted for a crime they did not commit, a group of onearmed men band together to find the real killer, also a onearmed fellow. I would have loved to have seen a return of the new onearmed swordsman though, purely for the title. First, shaw brothers gave us the wang yu vehicle, one armed swordsman and then next came the sequel with david chiang. Saying that, the one armed swordsmen is so much fun that it hardly bothered me. Watch the one armed swordsmen prime video amazon uk. The one armed swordsmen is the saga of two one armed martial artists seeking revenge against. That he proves with just the help of his friend chungchieng, when he crosses his path with a beautiful girl in need, p. One student sacrifices his life to save his teacher and. Young fang kang grows up in the school and treasures his fathers broken sword and the memory of his fathers sacrifice. Before long another group of friendlies has their master kidnapped and must give fang gang a call to help out. Star jimmy wang yu and director chang cheh revolutionized hong kong kungfu cinema and broke box. However, when trouble comes to town and justice must be served, he realizes that he must be the one to act.
Jimmy wang yu and david chiang face off against each other in one armed swordsmen. While revenge is plotted, the swordsman learns the true identity of the masked bandit. The one armed swordsmen 1976 the movie database tmdb. The film stars shintaro katsu as the blind swordsman zatoichi and jimmy wang yu as the one. This new guy is a lot deadlier, the body count in this picture is utterly insane. Jimmy wang yu, chiao chiao, chunghsin huang language. The story is about an evil gang that attacks the golden sword school of kung fu.
As an unofficial sequel its not the best film among the onearmed swordman series but the. Zatoichi and the onearmed swordsman, shin zatoichi. For some reason one of the bad guys carries a giant pizza cutter as a weapon. While the original onearmed swordsman wang yu was busy meeting zatoichi, director chang cheh simply replaced him with a completely different swordsman who also happens to lose his arm, this time played by david chiang.
The infamous one armed swordsman cuts off the arm of the dragon masked bandit. Even nonkungfu lovers will be mesmerized by jimmy wang yu in the role that made him a superstar. The films follow a somewhat darker and edgier take on the wuxia genre martial arts, where our lead is a male antihero who gets in violent sword fights, and are bloodier and gorier than previous wuxia films. Chiang replaced jimmy wang, the star of the two preceding films in the series, the onearmed swordsman and return of the onearmed swordsman. Directed by chang cheh, it was the first of the new style of wuxia films emphasizing male antiheroes, violent swordplay and heavy bloodletting. A retired martialarts master yu wang springs into action to battle evil swordsmen.
A onearmed swordsman david chiang seeks revenge against the thugs who killed his friend. I also missed the theme tune from the first two films. Killers 1976, one armed swordsmen 1976, master of the flying. The martial world is now awash in onearmed knights, who arent inclined to make any. As the mysterious swordsman whose one arm is more powerful than his twoarmed rivals, wang and director chang cheh revolutionized the hong kong kungfu. The martial world is now awash in onearmed knights, who arent inclined to make any permanent alliances among themselves. Watch the onearmed swordsman online 1967 movie yidio.
The swordsman inside him springs back into action, and sets out on a bloody trail of revenge and justice. Director 11 films the chinese boxer 1970 the brave and the evil 1971 the sword 1971 onearmed boxer 1972 beach of the war gods 1973 four real friends 1974 the man from hong kong 1975 onearmed boxer vs. For instance, if a kung fu movie has sword in the title, then everybody has a sword. Wuxia films are characterized by heavy violence and male antiheroes. Onearmed swordsman aka dubei dau 1967 an evil gang attacks the chi school of golden sword kung fu. Before too long, chang had remade it with david chiang, and wang yu with onearmed boxer, returning to both roles with return of the onearmed swordsman and master of the flying guillotine respectively, and even. Return of the one armed swordsman martial arts action. The video and audio restoration that went into this release is truly amazing.
Maybe the publics lust for onearmed antics had been sated by the time this film was made wangyus one armed boxer came out the same year and it was time to move on. The other students including the teachers daughter resent him and try to drive him away. Kung fu martial arts, martial arts movies, cult movies. Onearmed swordsman 1967 maimed by jealous rivals, a lieutenant begins specialized training as part of his plan to destroy a gang of villains. Ostensibly a take on zatoichi, the immensely popular japanese series about the blind masseur who happens to be a shit hot swordsman, soon spawned its own subgenre. The two one armed swordsmen together could be like a modern day batman vs superman or jason bourne vs that other guy who was in that other bourne movie. Now, he is able to defend himself well with just his left arm, and kung fu techniques. After the duel, he retreats to a small village where he finds humble work as a waiter. Naturally the one armed fella, who is now famous for his skill, is approached but he declines their offer. The one armed swordsmen 1976 directed by david chiang. An evil gang attacks the chi school of golden sword kung fu. Taiwan directors jimmy wang yu david chiang dawei script ku long action director han.
The one armed swordsman martial arts action movies. Chang cheh directed and jimmy wangto starred in the movie. A noble swordsman, whose arm had been chopped off, returns to his former teacher to defend him from a villainous gang. If it has stick in the title, then everybody carries a stick. Onearmed swordsman movies all of this has happened before. The onearmed swordsman wasnt the first film for director chang cheh or star jimmy wang yu, but it put both of them on the map in a big way. Tojinken, also known as zatoichi meets the onearmed swordsman, is a 1971 japanesehong kong chambarawuxia crossover by japanese film director kimiyoshi yasuda and chinese film director hsu tseng hung. Onearmed swordsman 1967 stream and watch online maimed by jealous rivals, a lieutenant begins specialized training as part of his plan to destroy a gang of villains. This film is a spinoff of the one armed series started by the great chang cheh in 1967 with one armed swordsman. This evening launches a new monthly series, copresented and programmed by subway cinema and the quad. Directed by chang cheh, it was the first of the new style of.