Triple Irons / 30×40 / USA

02.11.11

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Title
Triple Irons
AKA
Xin du bi dao (Hong Kong - original title) | New One-Armed Swordsman (Hong Kong - English title) | La rage du tigre [The rage of the tiger] (France)
Year of Film
1971
Director
Cheh Chang
Starring
David Chiang, Ching Lee, Lung Ti, Feng Ku, Sing Chen, Lei Cheng, Chung Wang
Origin of Film
Hong Kong
Genre(s) of Film
Action | Drama | Martial Arts
Type of Poster
30x40
Style of Poster
--
Origin of Poster
USA
Year of Poster
1973
Designer
Unknown
Artist
Unknown
Size (inches)
30 2/16" x 39 15/16"
SS or DS
SS
NSS #
73/296
Tagline
It slashes! It smashes! It tears you apart! It's the bloodiest weapon of the martial arts! | Watch it outdo Kung-fu!

Produced by Hong Kong’s legendary Shaw Brothers, and also known as The New One Armed Swordsman, this is the third film in the ‘One Armed’ series, although it replaces the previous lead with David Chaing. Supposedly this is one of the films that influenced the House of Blue Leaves sequence in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill. To see why, here’s a ‘kill count’ video (148!).

The logo on this poster for the US release is superbly over the top and it’s interesting to note that the marketing focused around the titular weapon (it’s wielded by the bad guy).

The full film is available to watch on YouTube (with English subs).

Here’s a trailer for the film.

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