| english title | The Assassin |
| year | 1967 |
| country | Hong-Kong |
| genres | wu xia pian (swordplay) |
| production studio | Shaw Brothers 邵氏 |
In the same year director/writer Chang Cheh and star Jimmy Wang Yu revolutionized Hong Kong kung-fu cinema with One-Armed Swordsman, they also collaborated on this epic of the Six Kingdoms era. Here, Yu is a two-armed swordsman who is betrayed by a jealous rival, but initially seeks a life of simple pleasures until an accidental meeting with another patriot sets him back on the road to bloody, brutal vengeance.
