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Jimmy Wang Yu starred in many Shaw Bros. swordplay films in the 1960s, but it was THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (1967), directed by the prolific Chang Cheh, that put him on the map as the leading action star of Hong Kong cinema at the time and shifted the direction of HK sword films to a harder-edged, bloodier style with a greater emphasis on martial arts. It was the first film of its type to stress the training aspect of swordplay and gives the hero a half-burned manual which teaches him left-hand sword techniques after his right arm had been chopped off in a jealous pique by his master’s beautiful but impetuous daughter. Having gone into hiding with a loyal farm girl (whose father had been a swordsman and was the original owner of the manual), Wang Yu goes back into action, after the requisite training period, to aid his former master when his school comes under attack from evil swordsmen led by Long-Armed Devil and Smiling Face.

The villains have a lethal device on their swords which locks on to the sword of their opponent and enables them to deliver the killing blow with a dagger held in their right hands as they fight. Only Wang Yu’s broken sword (left to him by his dead father, who was killed when he was a boy) can counteract the effects of the sword-lock.

Wang Yu had the proper dark and brooding quality for such a role and he is well served by the violent, bleak tone of the film. He returned to the role in one official sequel, the nonstop slaughterfest, THE RETURN OF THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (1968), and later went to a rival studio to star in ONE-ARMED BOXER (1971). Shaw Bros. countered with THE NEW ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (1971), starring David Chiang in the title role, which had less intensity and more spectacle.

A long time ago in Asia before Bruce Lee, there was another superstar. His name was Wang Yu. The movie that started all the other martial arts movies was this one, the one armed swordsman. I saw it when it first hit the theaters in Asia in the year 1967. The movie griped me to my seat and I could never forget it. Even after 32 years it feels like I just saw it yesterday. This movie is a collectors item, and you’ll be amazed at the incredible sword play. Its also very bloody but in an artistic way. The critics missed this one as one of the all time greatest martial arts movies. But what do they know, they have a short memory. If you wants to see how martial arts movies started in Asia, they were called Mandarin movies, this was the best of them all.
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