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

A warm up for Master of the Flying Guillotine

The first rule for a successful career in motion pictures is - find something that works and beat it to death. Jimmy Wang Yu lost his right arm in 1967 in "One Armed Swordsman". The movie shot him to the top and he followed the rule and made a career out of it. As many have commented, this movie has many similarities to "Master of the Flying Guillotine". This movie falls flat in many ways but it's interesting to watch next the other movie and see how Jimmy took the flopping carps and turned them into leaping dolphins. I particularly enjoyed his one finger handstand. Yes, the special effects are not special at all but still it was fun. On the sad side, whatever happened to the girl in this movie, Cindy Hang Tsin (1951-1978)? I can't find anything explaining her untimely death.