Le roi du kung-fu attaque (1972)

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Jimmy Wang Yu

Yu Tien Lung
(as Yu Wang)

Tien Yeh

Chao Liu
(as Yeh Tien)

Hsin Tang

Hsiao Yu

Fei Lung

Okinawan Karate Champ Erh Ku

Shao-Chun Chang

Yi-Kuei Chang

Tibetan Zen Boxer Ko Fu

Hsin-Yi Chen

Jen Chen

Shih-Wei Chen

Trainee Chan
(as Shih Wei Chen)

Trainee Hsiung

Po-Wei Hou

Min-Hsiung Hsiao

Han Hsieh

Hsiung Kang

Hsing Hsieh

Hung

Director
- Jimmy Wang Yu
Writer
- Jimmy Wang Yu
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One-Armed Boxer is a classic martial arts film that is an absolute must-see

I recently watched One-Armed Boxer (1972) on Prime. The storyline revolves around a rivalry between a martial arts school and an opium cartel. Despite winning the initial battle, the martial arts school loses the war, leaving only one student alive-albeit with the loss of an arm. The surviving student learns one-armed boxing to seek revenge.

Written, directed, and starring Jimmy Wang Yu (The One-Armed Swordsman), the film also features Yeh Tien (Blood of the Dragon), Lung Fei (Blood of the Dragon), Yi-Kuei Chang (The Fists of Vengeance), and Hsin-Yi Chen (Rage of the Tiger).

This movie is incredibly entertaining, featuring a classic rivalry plot that is well-paced and includes a rewarding conclusion. The martial arts scenes are well done, incorporating cool weapons, and the hand removal scene is both hilarious and wild. The use of fire adds fantastic elements to the scene. The depiction of Indian people in this film is wild.

In conclusion, One-Armed Boxer is a classic martial arts film that is an absolute must-see. I'd score it a 7.5/10 and strongly recommend it.

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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 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.