Dubei dao (1967)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.5/10   

Réalisateur:

Cheh Chang

Writers:

Cheh Chang (writer)
Kuang Ni (writer)

Release Date:

26 juillet 1967 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Drame

Plot:

An evil gang attacks the Chi school of Golden Sword Kung Fu. One student sacrifices his life to save his teacher and his school...

Plot Keywords:

Sword | Whip | Fishing | Dismemberment | Martial Arts

Avis des utilisateurs:

Halve the man, twice the movie.

Ensemble

Yu Wang	...	Fang Kang
Chiao Chiao	...	Hsiao Man
Chung-Hsin Huang	...	Wei Hsuan
Yin Tze Pan	...	Chi Pei-erh
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Pei-Shan Chang	...	Sun Hao
Hsiung Chao	...	Ah-Hsien
Chuan Chen	...	Chi student
Lei Cheng	...	Teng Chung
Yanyan Chen	...	Madam Chi (as Yen-yen Chen)
Lung Chiang	...	Chi student
Yuan Chieh	...	Lu Chen
Siu Loi Chow	...	Bandit Hsu
Dan Fan
Mei Sheng Fan	...	Kuo Sheng
Li Jen Ho	...	Grandpa Wang
Lin Ye Hsiao	...	Chi student
Chin Hsu	...	Chi student
Liu Hung	...	Chi student
Feng Ku	...	Fang Cheng
Hao Li	...	Chi student
Chia-Liang Liu	...	Ba Shuang
Chia Yung Liu	...	Chi student
Kang Liu	...	Wu Yuan
Cliff Lok	...	Chi student (as Chin Tung)
Mars	...	Festival kid with mask
Chia Tang	...	Ting Peng
Ti Tang	...	Smiling Tiger Cheng Tien-shou
Feng Tien	...	Chi Ju-feng
No Tsai	...	Bandit Ma
Choh Lam Tsang	...	Waiter
Tsai Pao Tung	...	Bandit messenger
Kuang Yu Wang	...	Pei Hsun
Shih Chieh Wang	...	Cheng disciple
Tsing Wang	...	Chi student
Chih-Ching Yang	...	Long-Armed Devil
Shi-Kwan Yen	...	Chi student
Cheung-Yan Yuen	...	Chi student
Woo-ping Yuen	...	Chi student

Autre(s) titre(s):

The One-Armed Swordsman (International: English title)

Durée:

Germany:111 min (restored print)

Pays:

Hong Kong

Langue:

Mandarin

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Australia:M (2007) | Portugal:M/12 | Hong Kong:IIA

Company:

Shaw Brothers

Movie Connections:

Referenced in DragonBlade (2005)

Halve the man, twice the movie.

This is a pretty original and refreshing genre movie and not just for its time. Of course the concept alone of having a one-armed swordsman as the main character in a Hong Kong martial arts movie is already original and refreshing on its own. But also the whole handling and development of the storyline is great and refreshing. It's not just some mindless chopping in this movie.

I must admit that in this case I liked the 1995 remake "Dao" even a better as movie. It had a better storyline, better emotions, better villains, better fight sequences and a better overall style. Nevertheless this movie is still a better one than "Dao" is. Qualitivly the story is a better told one and of course simply just because this movie was first and therefor automatically is also more original.

It's already an outdated and somewhat silly looking movie. It's a movie with some fake looking sets and beards and some horrible added sound effects. Also the blades and blood are obvious fakes. The movie on its own is pretty violent and graphic but because of its fake look its nothing too shocking or impressive. It also is not like its laughable it just makes the movie look outdated.

The fights also aren't ever really long one's but they are really well choreographed and makes it very enjoyable to view for the fans of the genre. Toward the end the action of course starts to kick in even more. It's also true that the movie gets even better by then.

This just is no Hollywood movie, so the editing and camera-work might seem a bit off to some but this is of course all part of the Asian style of film-making. Not that I'm a particular great fan of it all though. In some things Hollywood movies are just better, mostly when it comes down to the technical things behind film-making.

A great and original movie within its genre!

9/10