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
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
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Distributed byShaw Brothers Studio
Release date
  • 1970 (1970)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesMandarin
Cantonese
Box office2.076 M. HK$[1]

The film was followed by a 1977 sequel called Return of the Chinese Boxer.[7]

Synopsis

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A Chinese boxer takes revenge on a gang of Japanese karate thugs who decimated his martial arts school.

Cast

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  • 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

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Celestial 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

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  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. 7 December 2012.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ The Chinese Boxer (1970) review 2016-05-27, Cool Ass Cinema
  7. ^ Perry Seibert (2016). "Return of the Chinese Boxer". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Chinese Boxer, The". celestialpictures.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  9. ^ "The Chinese Boxer Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  10. ^ "The Chinese Boxer - 88 Asia 27". 88-films.myshopify.com. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
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