The One-Armed Swordsman, the first important film by martial arts director Chang Cheh (aka Zhang Che), had a huge influence on Hong Kong cinema. Along with King Hu's very different Come Drink With ...

Hong Kong 1967, 98 minutes. Play hookey from work Tuesday and have a blast with an authentic Chinatown experience — seeing a kick-ass, old-school Shaw brothers martial arts film that was the ...

The film was the result of an argument between Shaw Brothers and Jimmy Wang Yu, who had become the studio's biggest male star after the megahit One-Armed Swordsman in 1967, and by 1970 wanted to ...

The One-Armed Swordsman 1 hour 51 min • 2012 by Ben Sachs October 3, 2003 August 24, 2021. Share this: ... This 1967 martial-arts adventure—produced by Shaw Brothers, ...

Born in Shanghai in 1943, Wang established his film career in Hong Kong, where he became a household name thanks to films including Chang Cheh’s 1967 classic “The One-Armed Swordsman,” which ...

One-Armed Swordsman is a 1967 Hong Kong wuxia film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. Directed by Chang Cheh, it was the first of the new style of wuxia films emphasizing male anti-heroes ...

Taiwanese veteran actor Jimmy Wang Yu, best known for playing the "one-armed swordsman" in the 1967 movie of the same name, died at 80 on Tuesday (April 5). His death was announced by his eldest ...

Jinxi’s self-mutilation, for example, signals Wu Xia’s kinship to Jimmy Wang Yu in The One-Armed Swordsman, the 1967 film, directed by Chang Cheh, that transformed Hong Kong cinema from the ...

Return of the One-Armed Swordsman $19.93, Vivendi Who could turn down an invitation to a shindig attended by Great Muscles, Poisonous Dragon, Spinning Wheels, Heaven Strike, Hell's Guardian, Quick ...