Master of the Flying Guillotine

Master of the Flying Guillotine
Traditional Chinese獨臂拳王大破血滴子
Simplified Chinese独臂拳王大破血滴子
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Yale RomanizationDú bì chywánwáng dà pwò sywě dī dž
IPA[tǔ pî tɕʰɥɛ̌nwǎŋ tâ pʰwô ɕɥè tí tsɹ̩̀]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationDuhk bei kyùhnwòhng daaih po hyut dìk jí
IPA[tʊ̀k pēi kʰy̏ːnwɔ̏ːŋ tàːi pʰɔ̄ː hȳːt tɪ̂k tɕǐː]
Master of the Flying Guillotine
American theatrical release poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese獨臂拳王大破血滴子
Simplified Chinese独臂拳王大破血滴子
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDú Bì Quán Wáng Dà Pò Xuě Dī Zǐ
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingDuk6 Bei3 Kyun4 Wong4 Daai6 Po3 Hyut3 Dik1 Zi2
Directed byJimmy Wang
Written byJimmy Wang Yu
Produced byWong Cheuk-hon
StarringJimmy Wang Yu
Kom Kang
Doris Lung
Lau Kar-wing
Philip Kwok
CinematographyChiu Yao-hu
Edited byKwok Ting-hung
Music byFrankie Chan
Production
company
First Films (H.K.) & Cheng Ming (H.K.) Film Co. [1]
Distributed byEpoch Entertainment (Cinema Epoch) & Pathfinder Pictures
Release date
  • 24 April 1976 (1976-04-24)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesMandarin
Cantonese

Master of the Flying Guillotine is a 1976 Hong Kong[2] wuxia film directed, written by and starring Jimmy Wang Yu. It is a sequel to Wang's 1972 film One-Armed Boxer, and is also known as One-Armed Boxer 2 and The One-Armed Boxer vs. the Flying Guillotine.[3]

Wang Yu reprises his role as Yu Tien Lung, a skilled one-armed Chinese martial artist. In Master of the Flying Guillotine, Tien Lung must defend himself against various martial artists seeking to end his life–including the title character, a blind lama from Tibet who seeks revenge for two lamas killed by Tien Lung in the first film and is a master of the deadly "flying guillotine" weapon.

Director Quentin Tarantino has claimed Master of the Flying Guillotine to be among his favorite films. A prequel titled Fatal Flying Guillotine was released in 1977, without Wang Yu's involvement.

  1. ^ "Master of the Flying Guillotine". hkmdb.com. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Master of the Flying Guillotine Production Companies". hkmdb.com. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  3. ^ Thomas, Kevin (24 May 2002). "A 'Master' of Style in Martial Arts". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 December 2010.