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The Killer (released in the United States as Sacred Knives of Vengeance) is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Chor Yuen.[2]

The Killer
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Chor Yuen
Screenplay by	Kuo Chia
Produced by	Run Run Shaw[1]
Starring	Chin Han Wang Ping Tsung Hua Ku Feng
Cinematography	Wu Zhuohua[1]
Edited by	Jiang Xinglong[1]
Music by	Zhou Fuliang
Production company	Shaw Brothers Studio[2]
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	1 August 1972 (1972-08-01) (Hong Kong)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Hong Kong[2]
Language	Mandarin

Release

The film was released in Hong Kong on August 1, 1972.[1]

Reception

From contemporary reviews, Tom Milne of the Monthly Film Bulletin reviewed a dubbed version of the film.[2] Milne found the film to be a "rather tired offering form the Hong Kong conveyor-belt" while noting the film begins well enough with the hero "arriving in town to confound one and all with his dazzling display of town-taming karate chops and kangaroo hops. It also end swell with the las-minute intervention of a genuine Japanese samurai, heralded by a mysterious sound in an apparently empty house as something falls, and one by one the panels of a screen topple over to reveal him in full regalia, ready to challenge the heroes to the only fight in the film staged with any style or imagination."[2] Milne concluded that the film "gets bogged down in endless, drearily identical fights and a plot which labours through its triangular complex of love and friendship."[2]

References

External links

• The Killer at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• Sacred Knives Of Vengeance at IMDb
• English trailer

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