The Chinese Boxer

1970 Hong Kong film

1970 (1970)

Running time

85 minutesCountryHong KongLanguagesMandarin
CantoneseBox 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^{[according to whom?]} 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
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.^[7] Paramount Pictures released the film on Blu-ray in Japan on 13 September 2013,^[8] and 88 Films in the UK.^[9]

References

^ The Chinese Boxer Hong Kong Cinemagic
^ "Cityonfire.com".
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^ "The Chinese Boxer (1970)". Silver Emulsion Film Reviews. 7 December 2012.
^ 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.