One-Armed Boxer

Original title: Du bei chuan wang

1972
R
1h 33m

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6.8/10

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After his schoolmate and master is killed and he loses an arm, student Tien Lung has to learn the art of one-arm boxing.After his schoolmate and master is killed and he loses an arm, student Tien Lung has to learn the art of one-arm boxing.After his schoolmate and master is killed and he loses an arm, student Tien Lung has to learn the art of one-arm boxing.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The American TV spots for the film's 1973 release by National General Pictures (under the title "The Chinese Professionals") used the international main theme for Bruce Lee's film The Big Boss (1971) (a fellow Golden Harvest production, also distributed in the US by National General Pictures), composed by Peter Thomas. The original Mandarin language versions of both films had music arranged by Fu-Ling Wang, and both films were censored shortly after their Hong Kong releases due to violent content.

Goofs
Shortly after singeing his hand, there is a scene at the restaurant in which the hand is its original color with no singe marks.

Alternate versions
The UK cinema version was heavily cut for violence by the BBFC with edits to most of the fight scenes including slow motion stomach and knee blows, an arm breaking, closeups of weaponry, a two fingered blow, head kicks, and a scene where a diagram is used to show fatal pressure points on a human body.

Connections
Featured in Kung Fu Killers (1974)

Soundtracks
Theme from Shaft
(uncredited)
Composed by Isaac Hayes
Performed by Isaac Hayes

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7/10

Jimmy Wang Yu's classic !!

Although not well known in the US, this is one classic kung-fu movie that has its place in the annals of kung-fu action movies starring Yu Wang, and probably the movie that catapulted him to big stardom. Before Bruce Lee, and Jackie Chan he was THE martial action star.

Format was very innovative as many of Jimmy Wang's movie is. This movie features a martial artist with only one arm, and like the blind swordsman series that made Shintaro Katsu a big star, his name will be associated with this movie for a long time. When you see this movie, you'll see how good of an athlete Jimmy Wang is, and he can play a good guy character like nobody else.

A martial arts movie classic, and a must see if you are a martial arts movie fan.