english title | The Assassin |
year | 1967 |
country | Hong-Kong |
director | CHANG Cheh - 張徹 | |
actor | ||
LEE Heung-Kwan | ||
HSU Hsia | ||
YUEN Cheung-Yan | ||
BAI Ying | ||
producer | Run Run SHAW | |
action director | TANG Chia | |
LIU Chia-Liang - 劉家良 | ||
scriptwriter | CHANG Cheh - 張徹 |
genres | wu xia pian (swordplay) |
production studio | Shaw Brothers 邵氏 |
In the same year director/writer Chang Cheh and star Jimmy Wang Yu revolutionized Hong Kong kung-fu cinema with One-Armed Swordsman, they also collaborated on this epic of the Six Kingdoms era. Here, Yu is a two-armed swordsman who is betrayed by a jealous rival, but initially seeks a life of simple pleasures until an accidental meeting with another patriot sets him back on the road to bloody, brutal vengeance.