One of the all-time classic kung fu flicks from Shaw Brothers studios. This is one of those movies where a guy is treated like crap for a good portion of the film and then gets revenge by the finale. There's a love triangle thrown in also which is a bit weird because one of the gals in this triangle is the one who chopped off our main protagonist's, Jimmy Wang Yu's, arm! It's all done super seriously and pretty downbeat up until the climax which works perfectly.
There would be one official sequel with Wang Yu, RETURN OF THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN(1969), and one without him, THE NEW ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN(1971) and then some not quite as good unofficial ones after Jimmy left the Shaw Brothers like this one here.
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