Du bi quan wang da po xue di zi (1975)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Yu Wang

Writer:

Yu Wang (screenplay)

Release Date:

February 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy

Tagline:

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

Plot:

The one-armed boxer is stalked by a vengeful flying guillotine expert, after his disciples were killed in the first 'One-Armed Boxer' film...

Plot Keywords:

Guillotine | Martial Arts | Flying Guillotine | One Armed Man | Decapitation

Cast

Yu Wang	...	Liu Ti Lung, The One-Armed Boxer
Kang Chin	...	Fung Sheng Wu Chi
Chung-erh Lung	...	Wu Shao-tieh (as Kun Yee Lung)
Chia Yung Liu	...	Chang Chia Yu (as Kar Wing Lau)
Lung Wei Wang	...	Win-Without-a-Knife Yakuma (as Lung Wang)
Tsim Po Sham	...	Nai Men
Fei Lung	...	Win-Without-a-Knife Yakuma Jiro
Fu Chiang Chi
Pai Cheng Hau	...	Master Wu
Ming Fei Wang
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tak Chi Chen
Alan Chui Chung San		(as Chung Hei Chui)
Tien Wu Chu
Wai Hung Ho
Han Hsieh	...	Referee
Hsing Hsieh
Philip Kwok
Jack Long	...	Wang Chiang
Fong Lung	...	Wu Chang-sheng (as Li Chien Min)
Mao Shan
Kao Shan Shao
Ting Ken Shih
Jung Chi Sun
Robert Tai
Kun Chang Teng
Chiang Wang
Tie Lang Wang	...	Monkey Boxer
Wing Sheng Wang	...	Yoga Master
Sung Chao Yu

Also Known As:

Master of the Flying Guillotine (International: English title)
One-Armed Boxer II (UK)
The One Armed Boxer vs. the Flying Guillotine (Hong Kong: English title)

Runtime:

93 min | USA:81 min

Country:

Taiwan | Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:X (cut) (1977) | Australia:M | USA:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario)

Company:

First Film Organisation Ltd.

Trivia:

Most or all music featuring in the film was used without permission of copyright holders (when the film was first released).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the one-armed snake-fist contestant is on the ground fending off his opponent during the tournament, his "missing" hand is visible.

Quotes:

Chang Chia Yu: Dad, they say the One Armed Boxer is coming here, do you think he might?
Master Wu: He has an invitation... he is very well known... so, I think it would be good... if he could come... just to show himself here.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (1991) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Super

"Master of the Flying Guillotine: Ultimate Edition" is Better than Ever!!

Having commented on the dubbed and edited version three years

ago on IMDb, I'm back again, having recently had the chance to

check out the newly released "Ultimate Edition" version in Los

Angeles. In a word, it is the "Ultimate Edition." Long-lost scenes

(that I had never seen in the dubbed version) are re-inserted, fight

scenes are extended, one tournament fight scene is added (which

was already in the "One Armed Boxer vs. Flying Guillotine"

version), and the film is SUBTITLED and not DUBBED, which is

the biggest change. It's interesting to watch the film in its native

language, and not the awful Australian dubbing (which actually is

one of the things I really like about the original!!), which adds a

whole different color to the film. The added scenes of the One

Armed Boxer in the beginning of the film also add more dimension

to his character, and yes... we find out that "One Armed Boxer" has

a real name!! The story behind the re-release is an original,

complete negative was located in China, and Greg Hatanaka and

Pathfinder Pictures saw fit to give this film a re-release in the

States (thanks, Greg!). To call "MFG:Ultimate" a "restored" version

from a technical standpoint would be incorrect (the print is

somewhat washed out, and damaged in places -- looks like

processing flaws which they will hopefully correct in the DVD

release... hint hint...), but it is a LOT more vibrant than the bootlegs

of the original "MFG" floating around out there, and it's presented in

the correct 2.35 aspect ratio! All in all, a great release of an

entertaining film to watch! It is in limited release, but the upcoming

(hopefully) DVD version should please true fans out there! The

biggest disappointment -- missing great dubbed-in dialogue like:

"D'you know who eye yam? I happen to be the one armed boxer!!"

and "Just you get outta my way now... you old has-been!!

Hahahaha!!!" All gone...