History Characters / OneArmedSwordsman

!Main Characters

!!''The One-Armed Swordsman I - II''

->'''Played By:''' Creator/JimmyWangYu

* CurbStompBattle
* HandicappedBadass

* WireFu

->'''Played By:''' Lisa Chiao Chiao

!!''Triple Irons a.k.a The New One-Armed Swordsman''
[[folder:Lei Li]]
!!Lei Li of Han Dynasty "One-Armed Swordsman"

->'''Played By:''' Creator/DavidChiang


* AlmightyJanitor / RetiredBadass: He becomes three years after losing his right arm, becomes the teaboy in a teahouse.
* TheHero: He's the main protagonist of ''The New One-Armed Swordsman''.
* AnArmAndALeg: He loses his right arm after defeated by Lung Er Zi in the first fight.
* CurbStompBattle
* HandicappedBadass
* OneArmedWarrior: Thanks to Lung Er Zi, he's down his right arm and has to fight without it. Not that he has much trouble.
* OneHitKill: The beginning and the one in the end, has he kill every single minion with one blow.
* OneManArmy: Lei-li in the finale, where his body count skyrockets as he massacres his way through a graveyard, pagoda, bridge, and the Tiger Hall's mansion, leaving behind a field of dead bodies from the Tiger Hall's mansion.

[[folder:Feng Cheng-Chung]]
!!Feng Cheng-Chung / Hero Fung

->'''Played By:''' Creator/TiLung


* {{Deuteragonist}}: Who many people have also felt takes up the role of the protagonist in the middle of the film before his death.
* DualWielding: He wields two-pair swords.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Before his death at the hands of Hero Lung, He tells Lei Li that if he had three swords, he'd be able to counter his three-way staff. In the final showdown against Lung, Lei uses two swords alongside his one to counter the staff by throwing the additional two up into the air and attacking Lung before grabbing them and incapacitating him. Even Lung points out that Lei inadvertently followed up on what he said.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: He was killed by bisection at the waist.
* TheLancer: He's a deuteragonist of ''The New One-Armed Swordsman'', especially he becomes Lei Li's partner.

[[folder:Pao Chiao]]
!!Pao Chiao / Ba Jiao

->'''Played By:''' Li Ching


* DamselInDistress: She kidnapped by two [[MookLieutenant Mook Lieutenants]] during a night ambush.

!Supporting Characters

!!''The One-Armed Swordsman''
[[folder:Qi Ru Feng]]
!!Qi Ru Feng

->'''Played By:''' Tien Feng


* BigGood: He's the master of the Golden Sword School.

[[folder:Qi Pei-Er]]
!!Qi Pei-Er

->'''Played By:''' Violet Pan Ying-Zi


* DamselInDistress: She was kidnapped by Cheng Tianshou and his two sons in the first film.

!Villains
!!''The One-Armed Swordsman''

[[folder:Long-Armed Devil]]
!!Long-Armed Devil

->'''Played By:''' Yang Chi-Ching


* BigBad: He's the main antagonist of the first film. Who wants to wipe out the entire Golden Sword school to avenge his defeat against Qi decades ago.
* EvilLaugh: He's undoing after one of his javelins hits Fang Kang, he gloats and laughs at his apparent victory, allowing Fang Kang to recover and catch him off-guard, ending him once and for all.
* TheFaceless: His face is only shown in the final battle.

[[folder:Cheng Tianshou]]
!!"Smiling Tiger" Cheng Tianshou

->'''Played By:''' Tang Ti

* TheDragon: He's Long-Armed Devil's brother and right-hand man.
* CoDragons: He shares the role with Ba Shuang and Ding Peng to Long-Armed Devil as they are Long-Armed Devil's disciples.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ding Peng & Ba Shuang]]
!!Ding Peng & Ba Shuang

->'''Played By:''' Tong Kai & Lau Kar-Leung
* CoDragons: As Long-Armed Devil's disciples.

[[/folder]]
[[folder: Qin Da-Chuan & Guo Sheng]]
!!Qin Da-Chuan & Guo Sheng

->'''Played By:''' Wang Shih-Chieh & Fan Mei-Sheng
Smiling Tiger's sons
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* FatAndSkinny
* LiteralDisarming
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse

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!!''Return of the One-Armed Swordsman''

[[folder:General]]

!!The Eight Sword Kings as a whole provide examples of:

* BigBadEnsemble: The Eight Sword Kings who have unique weapons and fighting styles:
** The Furtive King Ling Xu has an [[Main/RetractableWeapon extendable sword]] which he hides [[NothingUpMySleeve under his sleeve]].
** [[Main/TheBrute Hercules]] Jiao Feng uses a {{BFS}} and simple, brute strength.
** [[HooksAndCrooks Ape's Arms]] Yuan Qian wields a bladed hook-and-chain.
** [[RingsOfDeath Spinning Wheels]] Song Wen and his disciples have bladed shields which they can also [[ThrowingYourShieldAlwaysWorks throw]].
** Flying Fighter Deng Fei and his Nine Flying Pupils can [[InASingleBound jump great heights]] to take enemies by surprise.
** Hell's Buddha Shi Fu and his Seven Earth Bullies tunnel underground to ambush unsuspecting victims.
** Poison Dragon Duan Shu has a sword that can release smokescreens and fire projectiles.
** [[Main/TheSmurfettePrinciple Thousand Hands Lady]] Hua Niangzi keeps many knives [[Main/HiddenWeapons under her dress]]
* EliteMooks:
** The Furtive King Ling Xu has eight best assassin bodyguards who were wearing black masks, also wielding a sword and the ability to swim by surprise attack towards Fang Kang.
** Ape's Arms Yuan Qian has personal soldiers wielding a bladed hook-and-chain.
** Spinning Wheels Song Wen has four best bodyguards who can have bladed shields which they can also ability to [[ThrowingYourShieldAlwaysWorks throw]].
** Flying Fighter Deng Fei has nine best soldiers who can [[InASingleBound jump great heights]] take enemies by surprise.
** Hell's Buddha Shi Fu has personal soldiers wielding the ability to burrow assassinate toward the opponent.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Furtive King - Ling Xu]]
!!Furtive King Ling Xu

->'''Played By:''' Tien Feng


* BigBad: He's the main antagonist of the second film.
* RetractableWeapon: He has an extendable sword which he hides [[NothingUpMySleeve under his sleeve]].

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hercules King - Jiao Feng]]
!!Hercules King Jiao Feng

->'''Played By:''' Ku Feng

* TheBrute: He uses a {{BFS}} and simple, brute strength.
* OneManArmy: Singlehandedly drives back the sword students invading his fortress until they surround and restrain him with a net before hacking him to death. Even then, he manages to break out and kill several more before dying.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ape's Arms King - Yuan Qian]]
!!Ape's Arms King Yuan Qian

->'''Played By:''' Lau Kar-Leung

* HooksAndCrooks: He wields a bladed hook-and-chain.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Spinning Wheels King - Song Wen]]
!!Spinning Wheels King Song Wen

->'''Played By:''' Tong Kai

* RingsOfDeath: He wields bladed shields which he can also.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Flying Fighter King - Deng Fei]]
!!Flying Fighter King Deng Fei

->'''Played By:''' Yuen Cheung-Yan


* InASingleBound: He can jump great heights to take enemies by surprise.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hell's Buddha King - Shi Fu]]
!!Hell's Buddha King Shi Fu

->'''Played By:''' Lau Kar-Wing

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Poisonous Dragon King - Duan Shu]]
!!Poisonous Dragon King Duan Shu

->'''Played By:''' Tung Li

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Thousand Hands King - Hua Niangzi]]
!!Thousand Hands King Hua Niangzi

->'''Played By:''' Essie Lin Chia

* FauxActionGirl: Aside from throwing knives, She relies more on seduction and back-stabbing rather than any actual fighting skill and is quickly dispatched after being exposed.
* HiddenWeapons: She keeps many knives under her dress.

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[[folder:Black and White Swordsmen - Guan Heng and Guan Shun]]
!!Guan Heng and Guan Shun

->'''Black Swordsman Guan Heng - Played By:''' Fong Yau
->'''White Swordsman Guan Shun - Played By:''' Wu Ma

* StarterVillain: They are the first two opponents that encounter Fang Kang, who "invite" other sword disciples to the Eight Sword Kings' tournament and kill whoever refuses, are easily curb-stomped twice by Fang Kang.

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!!''Triple Irons a.k.a The New One-Armed Swordsman''
[[folder:Lung Er Zi]]
!!Lung Er Zi / Hero Lung

->'''Played By:''' Ku Feng


* AntagonistTitle: In United States version, he refers to the titular ''Triple Irons'' as his signature weapon of three-section staff.
* BigBad: He's the main antagonist of ''The New One-Armed Swordsman''.
* CoolOldGuy: He is able to put up a hell of a good fight against Lei Li in both their first and last battles.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Chieftain Chan]]
!!Chieftain Chan / Chan Chun Nam

->'''Played By:''' Chan Sing


* TheDragon: He's Lung Er Zi's right-hand man.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tiger Mansion Leader Jin Fen]]
!!Jin Fen

->'''Played By:''' Wang Chung


* MookLieutenant: He's one of the four generals of Tiger Hall. He seems leading the lesser mooks around and to put up a much better fight than the regular mooks. He gets killed by Lei Li during the final battle at the end.
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[[folder:Tiger Mansion Leader Jin Yi]]
!!Jin Yi

->'''Played By:''' Liu Kang


* MookLieutenant: He's one of the four generals of Tiger Hall. He seems leading the lesser mooks around and to put up a much better fight than the regular mooks. He gets killed by Feng during the night ambush to kidnap Pao Chiao.
* StarterVillain: He's the first opponent that encounters Lei Li and Feng Cheng-Chung in a teahouse, then he encounters them again when he gets killed by Feng during the night ambush to kidnap Pao Chiao. Also, he's the first general of Tiger Hall to die by Feng before the three remaining generals: Jin Fen, Chen Jie, and Fan Yun He.
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[[folder:Tiger Mansion Leader Chen Jie]]
!!Chen Jie

->'''Played By:''' Huang Pei-Chih


* MookLieutenant: He's one of the four generals of Tiger Hall. He seems leading the lesser mooks around and to put up a much better fight than the regular mooks. He gets killed by Lei Li during the final battle at the end.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tiger Mansion Leader Fan Yun He]]
!!Fan Yun He

->'''Played By:''' Wang Kuang-Yu


* MookLieutenant: He's one of the four generals of Tiger Hall. He seems leading the lesser mooks around and to put up a much better fight than the regular mooks. He gets killed by Lei Li during the final battle at the end.
[[/folder]]

* BloodBrothers: He's a warrior swordsman, he feels a bond with Feng Cheng-Chung, especially tried saving Pao from two tiger mansion leaders.

* BloodBrothers: He's a warrior swordsman, he feels a bond with Lei Li, especially tried saving Pao from two tiger mansion leaders.

* StarterVillain: He's the first two opponents that encounter Fang Kang, who "invite" other sword disciples to the Eight Sword Kings' tournament and kill whoever refuses, are easily curb-stomped twice by Fang Kang.

!!Black Swordsman Guan Heng and White Swordsman Guan Shun

* StarterVillain: He's the first opponent that encounters Lei Li and Feng Cheng-Chung in a teahouse, then he encounters them again when he gets killed by Feng during the night ambush to kidnap Pao Chiao. Also, he's the first general of Tiger Hall to die by Feng before the three remaining generals Jin Fen, Chen Jie, and Fan Yun He.

* StarterVillain: He's also the first opponent that encounters Lei Li and Feng Cheng-Chung in a teahouse, then he encounters them again when he gets killed by Feng during the night ambush to kidnap Pao Chiao.

!!Ba Shuang

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!!Guo Sheng

* StarterVillain: He's the first opponent that encounters Lei Li and Feng Cheng-Chung in a teahouse, then he encounters them again when he gets killed by Feng during the night ambush to kidnap Pao Chiao.

* CoDragons: He shares the role with Ba Shuang and Ding Peng to Long-Armed Devil as they are Long-Armed Devil's disciplines.

[[folder:Ba Shuang]]

->'''Played By:''' Lau Kar-Leung


* CoDragons: With Ding Peng to Long-Armed Devil as they are Long-Armed Devil's disciplines.

[[folder:Ding Peng]]
!!Ding Peng

->'''Played By:''' Tong Kai


* CoDragons: With Ba Shuang to Long-Armed Devil as they are Long-Armed Devil's disciplines.

[[folder: Guo Sheng]]

->'''Played By:''' Fan Mei-Sheng


* FatBastard

[[folder: Qin Da-Chuan]]
!!Qin Da-Chuan

->'''Played By:''' Wang Shih-Chieh


* LeanAndMean

[[/folder]]

* BigBad: He's the main antagonist of the first film. Who wants to [[KillEmAll wipe out the entire Golden Sword school]] to avenge his defeat against Qi decades ago.