1971 · wuxia · action
The New One-Armed Swordsman
Directed by Chang Cheh1h 42m1971
Lei Li lost his right-arm in a sword duel with the master of a martial arts school, long ago. Now, he is able to defend himself well with just his left arm, and kung fu techniques. That he proves with just the help of his friend Chung-Chieng, when he crosses his path with a beautiful girl in need, Pao Chiao. Even against impossible odds, he will prove a great warrior.
Our read: The New One-Armed Swordsman (1971) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded wuxia · action entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme wuxia / action, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
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- intense
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