The Chinese Boxer

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The Chinese Boxer
The Chinese Boxer.jpg
Directed byJimmy Wang Yu
Written byJimmy Wang Yu
Produced byRunme Shaw
StarringJimmy Wang Yu
Lo Lieh
Ping Wang
CinematographyShan Hua
Edited byHsing-Lung Chiang
Music byFu-Ling Wang
Production
company
Shaw Brothers
Distributed byShaw Brothers Studio
Release date
1970
Running time
85 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesMandarin
Cantonese
Box office2.076 M. HK$[1]

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.[2][3][4] 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.[5]

The film was followed by a 1977 sequel called Return of the Chinese Boxer.[6]

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
  • Chiu Hung as Diao Erh-yeh
  • 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.[7] Paramount Pictures released the film on Blu-ray in Japan on September 13, 2013.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ The Chinese Boxer Hong Kong Cinemagic
  2. ^ "Cityonfire.com".
  3. ^ "The Chinese Boxer - The Deuce". grindhousedatabase.com.
  4. ^ "The Chinese Boxer (1970)". Silver Emulsion Film Reviews.
  5. ^ The Chinese Boxer (1970) review 2016-05-27, Cool Ass Cinema
  6. ^ Perry Seibert (2016). "Return of the Chinese Boxer". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2016-03-25.
  7. ^ "Chinese Boxer, The". celestialpictures.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  8. ^ "The Chinese Boxer Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

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