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Return of the One-Armed Swordsman | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 獨臂刀王 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 独臂刀王 | ||||||
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Directed by | Chang Cheh | ||||||
Written by | Chang Cheh | ||||||
Produced by | Runme Shaw | ||||||
Starring | Jimmy Wang Lisa Chiao Chiao | ||||||
Cinematography | Kung Mu-to | ||||||
Edited by | Chiang Hsing-lung | ||||||
Music by | Wang Fu-ling | ||||||
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Distributed by | Shaw Brothers Studio | ||||||
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Country | Hong Kong | ||||||
Language | Mandarin |
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman, also known as One-Armed Swordsman Return, is a 1969 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Chang Cheh and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. The film is a sequel to the 1967 film The One-Armed Swordsman , with Jimmy Wang and Lisa Chiao Chiao reprising their roles. A sequel was released in 1971 entitled The New One-Armed Swordsman .
In the film, a small group of masters of swordsmanship is trying to take over the martial arts community by using murder, hostage taking, and blackmail against the various martial arts schools. The One-Armed Swordsman comes out of retirement to face them.
The eponymous character, played by Jimmy Wang, has hung up his signature broken sword and is living peacefully with his wife. Meanwhile, a band of tyrannical sword masters called the Eight Sword Kings are challenging the masters of all rival schools in an effort to take over the martial arts community. Any that refuse are murdered by the Eight Kings' twin enforcers, the Black and White Knights. After capturing all the rival masters, the Eight Kings deliver an ultimatum; all the rival schools' students must cut off their sword arms and surrender the severed limbs to the Eight Kings, or the students' beloved teachers will all die. The students turn to the legendary One-Armed Swordsman, who is at first reluctant, especially when one student kidnaps his wife to force him to help, but is convinced when a student actually does sacrificially chop his own arm off in despair. The One-Armed Swordsman must then contend with the unique styles and weapons of the Eight Kings:
In the end the One-Armed Swordsman defeats the Eight Kings and their armies, but by that time all of the sword fighting students who were helping him are dead. He leaves the last King, Unseen, to be killed by their vengeful masters as he and his wife return home.
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