La main de fer

Original title: Tian xia di yi quan

1972
12
1h 45m

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7.1/10

4.3K

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Two martial arts schools prepare for an important tournament.

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Kung Fu Martial Arts Action Drama Romance

As two martial arts schools prepare for an important tournament, one school's master is a dishonorable man, and to ensure his son wins the title, he hires three Japanese samurais, who target... Read allAs two martial arts schools prepare for an important tournament, one school's master is a dishonorable man, and to ensure his son wins the title, he hires three Japanese samurais, who target the rival school's best fighter.As two martial arts schools prepare for an important tournament, one school's master is a dishonorable man, and to ensure his son wins the title, he hires three Japanese samurais, who target the rival school's best fighter.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

4.3K

YOUR RATING

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Han Lung
(as Nan Kung-Hsun)

Shen Chan

Wan Hung-chieh

Bolo Yeung

Pa Tu-er, Mongolian Fighter

Wen-Chung Ku

Sung Wu-yang

Lung Yu

Tu Wei

Yukio Someno

Oshima Shotaro
(as Ran Yeh)

Tse Lin Yang

Sun's pupil

Ki-joo Kim

Chen Lang
(as Chi-Chu Chin)

Bong-jin Jin

Lu Ta-ming
(as Chen Feng Chen)

Hsing-Chung Hung

Inn-keeper
(as Seong-Jung Hong)

Liu Chia-Yung

Chuen Chiang

Zaemon

Director
- Chang-hwa Jeong
Writer
- Yang Chiang
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Trivia
The English dubbed version, released through Warner Brothers, was the film that launched the craze for "kung fu" movies in the United States.

Quotes
Yin Yin's Dad: Chi-Hao, can you afford to be selfish, when so much is at stake?

Alternate versions
Although the UK cinema version was intact the 1986 Warner video was cut by 7 secs by the BBFC to remove a double ear clap and shots of a victims severed eyeballs. The 2009 DVD is fully uncut.

Connections
Featured in Sneak Previews: Take 2: Movies That Changed the Movies (1979)

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Beginning of a craze......

In retrospect, this is indeed a mediocre example of early '70s kung fu product. However, fans of the genre should not forget that this was the film that began the martial arts craze. It established the typical themes of later films: Chinese/Japanese antipathy, over-the-top cartoonish violence (the eye gouge!), as well as the "rival school" conflicts. Not anywhere in the quality of later films such as "Enter the Dragon" or the unusual "Challenge of the Ninja", it still remains a rich piece of nostalgia for those who sat entranced in theatres watching men fight and fly around movie screens during the early '70s.