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The Invincible Fist

1969 · 99 min

A stern, brooding martial-arts drama that moves deliberately, trading wall-to-wall fighting for moral tension and doomed romance.

Directed by
Chang Cheh
Genres
Action, Drama
Starring
Li Ching, Lo Lieh, David Chiang Da-wei
Overview
Here Lo Lieh plays a dedicated chief constable for Tsang Chou village, who falls in love with the blind daughter of a bandit who is wreaking havoc.

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Directed by
Chang Cheh
Genres
Action, Drama
Starring
Li Ching, Lo Lieh, David Chiang Da-wei
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • justice
    • love
    • betrayal
    • violence
    Places
    • countryside
    • small town
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language none
    • Violence strong
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action7
    Horror2
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance5
    Tension6
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    action, drama
    Directed by
    Chang Cheh
    Written by
    Ni Kuang
    Starring
    Li Ching, Lo Lieh, David Chiang Da-wei, Fang Mian, Chang Pei-Shan, Ku Feng, Chan Sing, Wu Ma
    Music
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    Cinematography
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    Runtime
    99 min
    Country
    Hong Kong
    Languages
    Mandarin

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