The Assassin (jimmy Wang Yu)

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.