The Chinese Boxer
| The Chinese Boxer | |
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| Directed by | Jimmy Wang Yu |
| Written by | Jimmy Wang Yu |
| Produced by | Runme Shaw |
| Starring | Jimmy Wang Yu Lo Lieh Ping Wang |
| Cinematography | Shan Hua |
| Edited by | Hsing-Lung Chiang |
| Music by | Fu-Ling Wang |
Production company |
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| Distributed by | Shaw Brothers Studio |
Release date |
1970 |
Running time |
85 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Languages |
Mandarin Cantonese |
| Box office | 2.076 M. HK$ |
The Chinese Boxer (龙虎斗; also known by its international title The Hammer of God) is a 1970 Hong Kong action kung fu film written, directed by and starring Jimmy Wang Yu. Tong Gaai was the action director. The Chinese Boxer was a box office success at the time of its release and is currently considered the first classic in the non-wuxia, Kung Fu genre, or specifically the unarmed combat martial art films that center more on training and prowess than fantasy/adventure. It would prove influential to subsequent films like Fist of Fury.
The film was followed by a 1977 sequel called Return of the Chinese Boxer.
Synopsis
A Chinese boxer takes revenge on a gang of Japanese karate thugs who decimated his martial arts school.
Cast
- Jimmy Wang Yu as Lei Ming
- Lo Lieh as Kitashima
- Wong Ping as Li Shao-ling
- Chao Hsiung as Diao Erh-yeh (as Chiu Hung)
- Cheng Lui as Chang Da Lun
- Fang Mien as Master Li
- Chan Sing as Ishihara
- Wang Chung as Tanaka
- Wong Kwong Yue as Sun Tung
- Wong Ching as Kume
- Li Tung as Lumura
Home media
Celestial Pictures released the film on DVD. Paramount Pictures released the film on Blu-ray in Japan on 13 September 2013, and 88 Films in the UK.