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 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 | Shaw Brothers |
Distributed by | Shaw Brothers Studio |
Release date | 1970 |
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.[6]
A Chinese boxer takes revenge on a gang of Japanese karate thugs who decimated his martial arts school.
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]
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