Master of the Flying Guillotine

"It's A Mean Machine - Cuts Your Head Off Clean!"

1976 1h 33m ZH

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6.7

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90%

CERTIFIED FRESH

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METACRITIC

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7.4

IMDB

★6.7TMDB · 109🍅90%Rotten Tomatoes●57Metacritic★7.4IMDB · 4,939

FantasyActionDrama

Synopsis

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A one-armed martial arts master is being stalked by an Imperial assassin, the master of two fighters killed in the previous film. When the One-Armed Boxer is invited to attend a martial arts tournament, his efforts to lay low are unsuccessful, and the assassin soon tracks him down with the help of his three subordinates: a Thai boxer, a yoga master, and a kobojutsu user.

“It's A Mean Machine - Cuts Your Head Off Clean!”

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Cast

Jimmy Wang Yu
Liu Ti Lung / The One-Armed Boxer
Doris Lung Chun-Erh
Wu's daughter
Sham Chin-Bo
Thai boxer / Nai Men
Lung Fei
Yakuma
Wong Wing-Sang
Indian fighter
Hsueh Han
Tournament referee
Lau Kar-Wing
Fighter with 3-section staff
Wong Fei-Lung
One-armed boxer's student

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jimmy Wang Yu
Writers: Jimmy Wang Yu
Languages: Mandarin
Countries: Hong Kong, Taiwan

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ERA

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50 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Hong Kong, Taiwan.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The One-Armed Boxer Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Kwok Ting-Hung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Jimmy Wang Yu and Doris Lung Chun-Erh and Sham Chin-Bo carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It's A Mean Machine - Cuts Your Head Off Clean!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0072913 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jimmy Wang Yu directs. Kwok Ting-Hung cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Hong Kong, Taiwan. Dialogue in Mandarin.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

150 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2International production across 2 countries: Hong Kong, Taiwan.
3Part of the "The One-Armed Boxer Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Editor Kwok Ting-Hung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Jimmy Wang Yu and Doris Lung Chun-Erh and Sham Chin-Bo carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "It's A Mean Machine - Cuts Your Head Off Clean!".
7IMDB entry: tt0072913 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.