A noble swordsman, whose arm had been chopped off, returns to his former teacher to defend him from a villainous gang of rival swordsmen.
Stunts
One-armed sword choreography that still hasn't been topped.
Direction
Chang Cheh's blood-spattered masculinity poetry in motion.
Director
Chang Cheh
Jimmy Wang Yu
Fang Kang
Lisa Chiao Chiao
Xiao Man
Tien Feng
Qi Ru-Feng
Violet Pan Ying-Zi
Qi Pei-Er
Yang Chi-Ching
Long-Armed Devil
Tang Ti
Smiling Tiger Cheng Tian-Shou
Fan Mei-Sheng
Guo Sheng / Brother Hua
Chang Pei-Shan
Sun Hao
Fan Dan
Qi's Rich Disciple
Ku Feng
Fang Chang
Chen Yanyan
Master Qi's Wife
Huang Tsung-Hsun
Wei Xuan
Cheng Lui
Deng Chong
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jimmy Wang Yu performed most stunts one-armed for authenticity, inspiring decades of disabled action heroes.
This broke Hong Kong box office records and invented the 'crippled master' trope that dominates wuxia to this day.
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