1972 · kung-fu · independent · revenge
The One-Armed Boxer
Directed by Jimmy Wang Yu1h 33m1972
A martial-arts student learns the iron fist and death grip techniques to avenge his teacher's death.
Our read: The One-Armed Boxer (1972) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive kung-fu · independent · revenge entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme kung-fu / independent, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
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