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 resulted in a switch of emphasis within the wuxia genre away from swordsmanship and towards unarmed combat.[5] It would prove influential to subsequent films like Fist of Fury.[6]
| 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 | |
| Distributed by | Shaw Brothers Studio |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Languages | Mandarin Cantonese |
| Box office | 2.076 M. HK$[1] |
The film was followed by a 1977 sequel called Return of the Chinese Boxer.[7]
Synopsis
editA Chinese boxer takes revenge on a gang of Japanese karate thugs who decimated his martial arts school.
Cast
edit- 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
editCelestial Pictures released the film on DVD.[8] Paramount Pictures released the film on Blu-ray in Japan on 13 September 2013,[9] and 88 Films in the UK.[10]
References
edit- ^ The Chinese Boxer Hong Kong Cinemagic
- ^ "Cityonfire.com".
- ^ "The Chinese Boxer - The Deuce". grindhousedatabase.com.
- ^ "The Chinese Boxer (1970)". Silver Emulsion Film Reviews. 7 December 2012.
- ^ Williams, Tony (2015). Cheung, Esther M.K.; Marchetti, Gina; C.M. Yau, Esther (eds.). A Companion to Hong Kong Cnema. Chichester, West Sussex, UK; Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-470-65928-1.
- ^ The Chinese Boxer (1970) review 2016-05-27, Cool Ass Cinema
- ^ Perry Seibert (2016). "Return of the Chinese Boxer". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016.
- ^ "Chinese Boxer, The". celestialpictures.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "The Chinese Boxer Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "The Chinese Boxer - 88 Asia 27". 88-films.myshopify.com. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
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