Bandits from Shantung
1972 film directed by Huang Feng
Bandits From Shantung (山東響馬) is a 1972 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Huang Feng.
Synopsis
A gang of bandits led by An Rulong have been killing and robbing people in Shandong (Shantung). Yan Tieyi, a wandering martial artist, returns to a town to find his girlfriend Tie Lingling. After witnessing a few of the bandits committing atrocities, he intervenes and kills them all except one.
When Tie Lingling is captured by the bandits, Yan Tieyi lures them into a trap and defeats all of them, killing An Rulong. Yan Tieyi and Tie Lingling are then married, and peace is restored in the area.
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