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Pan Lei both wrote and directed this Chinese variation of The Gunfighter, Henry King's famous 1950 film about a persecuted fast-draw expert. Naturally, here, there's no pistols, only blades, as a great swordfighter? learns humility after he is defeated by a master martial arts monk. But his reputation always precedes him, leading to danger, destruction, challenges, cruelty, kidnapping, and killing. Pan Lei would also go on to a certain new wave fame, as the writer of two of Jackie Chan's earliest starring roles: New Fist Of Fury and Spiritual Kung Fu.
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