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Iron Bodyguard

Iron Bodyguard

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 8, 1973

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Action

User Score

49%

Original Title

大刀王五

Production Companies

Shaw Brothers

Director

Chang Cheh

Description

An Iron Bodyguard called Wang Wu meets a scholar and forms a strong friendship with him after they fight some villains together. The scholar is a member of the reformists - a group of scholars pressing for social reform in China towards the end of the Qing dynasty. The Emperor is actually all for reforms, and appoints this group to run the country. This doesn't suit the Empress Dowager though, as she has no intention of losing her power. She orders the reformists to be arrested, and Chen Kuan Tai hence gets drawn into politics despite having no real political views himself.