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The Legend of Broken Sword is a Hongkongais film of genre Action
The Legend of Broken Sword (1980)
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Add to a movie listThe Legend of Broken Sword, also known as Dragon of the Lost Ark or Dressed to Fight, is a 1979 wuxia film directed by Ulysses Au-yeung and written by Gu Long. The lead character, Hu Tiehua, appears in Gu Long's Chu Liuxiang novel series as well.
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