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Tian xia di yi jian

  • 19681968
  • 1h 24m
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Tian xia di yi jian (1968)
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"The Fastest Sword of the South" Ding Menghao is challenged to a duel by an 80 year old monk armed with a long smoking pipe. If Ding wins the monk will be his servant and if the monk wins Di... Read all"The Fastest Sword of the South" Ding Menghao is challenged to a duel by an 80 year old monk armed with a long smoking pipe. If Ding wins the monk will be his servant and if the monk wins Ding has to do what the monk says."The Fastest Sword of the South" Ding Menghao is challenged to a duel by an 80 year old monk armed with a long smoking pipe. If Ding wins the monk will be his servant and if the monk wins Ding has to do what the monk says.
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  • Director
    • Lei Pan
  • Writer
    • Lei Pan(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ping Lu
    • Ching Chu
    • Ming Kao
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    • Lei Pan
  • Writer
    • Lei Pan(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ping Lu
    • Ching Chu
    • Ming Kao
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    Ping Lu
    Ping Lu
    Ching Chu
    Ching Chu
    Ming Kao
    Ming Kao
    Chiang Han
    Chiang Han
    Wei Lu
    Chiang Chao
    Chiu Wen
    Chi Lo
    Chi Lo
    Kuan-Chang Li
    Kuan-Chang Li
    Ching-Feng Chiang
    Li-Sheng Chin
    Yuan Chuan
    Yuan Chuan
      Hsiao Ling
      Han Lo
      Han Lo
      Ming Min
      Ming Min
      Liang Tai
      Lu-Po Tu
      Lu-Po Tu
      Wei Wang
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        • Lei Pan
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      "The Fastest Sword of the South" Ding Menghao is challenged to a duel by an 80 year old monk armed with a long smoking pipe. If Ding wins the monk will be his servant and if the monk wins Ding has to do what the monk says.
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      • martial arts
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      This movie does not belong here
      The actual literal translation of this movie is: the number one sword in the world.

      This movie actually does not belong here because it is not made in China, but made in Hong Kong, when Hong Kong was still under the British rule. Considering the year this movie was made, in 1968, during the Cultural Revolution, one could imagine the fate of the film crew: they would certainly be jailed and sent to labor camp, if not struggled to death by the Red Guards first.

      The movie is based on one of the popular martial arts novels written earlier.
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      • zzmale
      • Apr 5, 2004

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      • Release date
        • December 11, 1968 (Hong Kong)
      • Countries of origin
        • Taiwan
        • Hong Kong
      • Language
        • Mandarin
      • Also known as
        • The Fastest Sword
      • Production company
        • Shaw Brothers
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 24 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 2.35 : 1

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