• Director(s)

    Chang Cheh

  • Production Year

    1969

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Drama, Martial Arts

  • Approx. running minutes

    109m

  • Cast

    Jimmy Wang Yu, Chiao Chiao, Chia Essie Lin

Film

Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

strong violence, bloody images

RETURN OF THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN is a 1969 Hong Kong historical martial arts action sequel in which a retired swordsman returns to the fight to defend a martial arts school from a power-hungry band of sword masters.…

RETURN OF THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN is a 1969 Hong Kong historical martial arts action sequel in which a retired swordsman returns to the fight to defend a martial arts school from a power-hungry band of sword masters.

violence
People are stabbed or slashed with bladed weapons, shot with arrows or impaled on bamboo stakes during sustained scenes of martial arts fighting, resulting in blood spurts and bloody aftermath detail. In one scene a fighter is impaled on multiple chained sickles, which are then used to haul him up into a tree as he dies. Another man’s hand is severed in bloody fashion during a sword fight.
injury detail
There is strong injury detail in the aftermath of violence, including bleeding wounds and dead bodies covered in blood. A man cuts off his own arm in an attempt to save other people, resulting in images of the severed limb lying on the ground.
additional issues
A woman pretends to seduce a man, lowering his robe and caressing his bare chest before stabbing him. There are brief undetailed references to sexual violence when a female villain attempts to cover up her plot by falsely accusing a man of attempting to ‘violate’ her.

  • Director(s)

    Chang Cheh

  • Production Year

    1969

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Drama, Martial Arts

  • Approx. running minutes

    109m

  • Cast

    Jimmy Wang Yu, Chiao Chiao, Chia Essie Lin

strong violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
25/11/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Arrow Film Distributors Ltd
violence
People are stabbed or slashed with bladed weapons, shot with arrows or impaled on bamboo stakes during sustained scenes of martial arts fighting, resulting in blood spurts and bloody aftermath detail. In one scene a fighter is impaled on multiple chained sickles, which are then used to haul him up into a tree as he dies. Another man’s hand is severed in bloody fashion during a sword fight.
injury detail
There is strong injury detail in the aftermath of violence, including bleeding wounds and dead bodies covered in blood. A man cuts off his own arm in an attempt to save other people, resulting in images of the severed limb lying on the ground.
additional issues
A woman pretends to seduce a man, lowering his robe and caressing his bare chest before stabbing him. There are brief undetailed references to sexual violence when a female villain attempts to cover up her plot by falsely accusing a man of attempting to ‘violate’ her.

  • Classified date

    25/11/2024

  • Language

    Mandarin