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Released in 1967, onearmed swordsman is one of the most influential hong kong films ever made. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. This flick is a tale of two master one armed swordsmen, fang ping wang yu and li hao david chiang, which they try to unravel and solve the mysterious death of another one armed guy, chin chu. Onearmed swordsman is a 1967 hong kong wuxia film produced by the shaw brothers studio. If you want an idea of how the unspoken class issues of the jedi movies could have been represented or expressed, you only have to watch martialarts masterpiece onearmed swordsman. What i noticed about this film is the focus was less on choreography and more on character development and cinematography. Along with king hus come drink with me, which debuted a year earlier, it launched the new wave of wuxia films which modernised the genre in the late 1960s. Onearmed swordsman movies all of this has happened before. The female leads, pan yintse and chiao chiao, went on to become some of shaw brothers most important lady fighters, and wang followed up his onearmed swordsman triumph with numerous sequels. Ed wood junior couldnt have created a better piece of trash. Thats probably the worst offering i have ever seen in a martial arts movie. Return of the onearmed swordsman 1969 silver emulsion. Povratak jednorukog macevaoca je hongkonski akcijski film snimljen 1969.

Whilst his fight choreography wasnt as sharp or mature as others the films he made were highly entertaining and he knew how to give the best bang for. A film that always makes the top ten list of martial arts masterpieces, this 1967 classic is as timeless today as upon its original release. Chengs dying wish is that his son be taken in as a student. The editing does, however, disassemble it in the duel sequences each shot lasts on average just one second. Onearmed swordsman is a great wuxia film that has inspired a number of martial arts releases since, and 88 films has done a service to fans by providing an excellent bluray release with some lasting extra content. Directed by chang cheh, it was the first of the new style of wuxia films emphasizing male antiheroes, violent swordplay and heavy bloodletting. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the one armed swordsman, so its a great time to reexamine chang chehs early masterpiece. But this thread of logic forgets one key bit about chang cheh. One armed samurai stickers featuring millions of original designs created by. The onearmed fighter hardly a sword fighter, at least in this movie liu yi su.

The new onearmed swordsman 1971 silver emulsion film. Home browse by label 88 films one armed swordsman shaw bros 88 films bluray region b. Du bei dao wang alle infos zur bluray return of the. It is a film defined by changs artistic drive more than anything else. But other things are happening in the onearmed swordsman. One armed swordsman against nine killers 1976 imdb. The hong kong film industry once produced stars like bruce lee, chow yunfat and wong karwai. The onearmed swordsman is also a lesson in film direction. Return of the onearmed swordsman, also known as onearmed swordsman return, is a 1969 hong kong wuxia film directed by chang cheh and produced by the shaw brothers studio. Directed by chang cheh, it was the first of the new.

So chang cheh, the man who had helped make him a star, wasnt kidding with the title of this fondly remembered epic which deservedly won a prestigious golden horse award for editing. Chang chehs the onearmed swordsman is important for almost too many reasons. With the original onearmed swordsman in 1967, chang cheh redefined what the martial arts film genre was and would be. Basically the two main one armed swordsmen are trying two find a thrill one armed fighter.

I like jimmy wang yu films, but i like them more when they are properly funded. The weinstein company has to be commended for releasing the onearmed swordsman on dvd. Zatoichi meets the onearmed swordsman 1971 online teljes. On the audio commentary, film critic andy klein says theyre like your memory of a place instead of the actual place. How did the hong kong film industry get so big and why. The onearmed swordsman chinaunderground movie database. Im a big fan of the previous onearmed swordsman movies, so i expected this is be a retelling of the original with david chiang in the lead instead of wang yu.

All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Having learned from the japanese cinema of the sixties, chang invented a new style. The one armed swordsman is a character that first appeared in the 1967 shaw brothers studio hong kong wuxia film. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options.

You can pick up this movie on vengeance video label, for around. This flick is a tale of two master onearmed swordsmen, fang ping wang yu and li hao david chiang, which they try to unravel and solve the mysterious death of another one armed guy, chin chu. This 1972 film comes five years after jimmy wang yu played the male predecessor to li feng in chang chehs seminal hong kong film, onearmed swordsman, which created a new bloody genre of martial arts movies, populated by antiheroes. Over the next two years, countless other films sought to capture audiences as changs film had, but few other directors were able to harness the sheer energy on display in a chang cheh film. How golden age of wuxia films began with onearmed swordsman. The first two movies, onearmed swordsman 1967 and return of the onearmed swordsman 1969, tell the tale of fang kang, while the new onearmed swordsman is completely unrelated to the previous installments, this time focusing on former mercenary and current waiter lei li. Return of the onearmed swordsman tw import ohne dt. The one armed swordsman is one of the most important kung fu movies ever made. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. One by one, the professional killers sent to stop him are quickly dispatched as the moody wanderer nears the perpetrator of the crime, yet matters are complicated when the hero saves a young woman from being attacked by bandits and promises to guard her. Swordsman are available on dvd from weinsteins dragon dynasty label in. This taiwanese production of treachery, betrayal, and revenge was clearly an attempt to cash in on the popularity of the onearmed swordsman and onearmed boxer series of films. This is an independent film produced by jimmy wang yu. The wuxia swordplay genre where the one armed swordsman comes from split off into the kung fu genre which hits its stride with the coming of bruce lees big boss and wang yus selfdirected one armed boxer no relation to the swordsman, the same year this zatoichi film is released.

Of all the kung fu films, this was the one that kicked it all off. Tags wang yu chiao chiao chang cheh shaw brothers martial arts kung fu action and adventure. Onearmed swordsman explores the class conflicts absent. Jimmy wang yu is back in the sequel to chang chehs revolutionary hit, which many say is even more accomplished and exciting than the original. Onearmed swordsman the seminal hk martial arts film. One armed swordsman against nine killers 1976 wuxiacinema. The onearmed swordsman was shot on a studio set, and the lighting and color are perfect. The one armed swordsman jimmy wang yu is an essential actor when it comes to viewing hong kong movies. 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. The film kicked off a golden age of wuxia and kung fu movies in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Made in 1967, it was the first martial arts movie to earn over a.

In 1967 the legendary director chang cheh the brave archer boxer from shantung established the contemporary wuxia swordplay film. The onearmed swordsman wasnt the first film for director chang cheh or star. In changs memoir, he called onearmed swordsman his own film a hackneyed work except for the breakthrough achieved in pace and motion, so he attempted to rectify this by focusing on the artistic elements in his immediate next films. Going into the new onearmed swordsman, i was excited. For one thing, it made cheng cheh and jimmy wang famous. A noble swordsman, whose arm had been chopped off, returns to his former teacher to defend. First off this is not a continuation of the two shaw brothers classics onearmed swordsman 1967 and its sequel the return of the onearmed swordsman 1969. The film is a sequel to the 1967 film onearmed swordsman, with jimmy wang and lisa chiao chiao reprising their roles. The movie in question, the onearmed swordsman, not only led to several sequels and spinoffs but remains, alongside bruce lees pivotal the big boss 1971 and ja. Lisa chiao chiao and jimmy wang in a still from onearmed swordsman 1967. This is without a doubt the best version of the onearmed swordsman ive ever seen.

Leider war es, wie auch beim uk label hong kong legends, nur eine kurze. Even for a low budget movie this scene was a great example for the quality of the entire movie. Predstavlja nastavak filma onearmed swordsman, a u njemu jimmy wang yu ponavlja ulogu fang ganga, jednorukog macevaoca. A student, fang cheng sacrifices his life to save the teacher, qi rufeng, and his school. Directed by chang cheh, it was the first of the new style of. Truth be told it isnt horrible but it certainly was made on a limited budget. A onearmed avenger wang yu is searching for a group of assassins who wiped out his family years before. This thrill swordsman was running their reputations by murdering etc. Fang gang jimmy wang yu is the son of a servant, but when the servant gave his life to protect. In the onearmed swordsman 1967 an evil gang attacks the chi school of golden sword kung fu.