The Chinese Boxer

This article is about the film. For the social movement in Qing China, see Boxer movement. For the sport, see boxing in China.

1970 Hong Kong film

The Chinese Boxer

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 (1970)

Running time

| 85 minutes
Country| Hong Kong
Languages| Mandarin
Cantonese
Box office| 2.076 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 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 film was followed by a 1977 sequel called Return of the Chinese Boxer.[7]

## Synopsis[edit]

A 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[edit]

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[edit]

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.

## External links[edit]

* The Chinese Boxer at IMDb

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Films directed by Jimmy Wang Yu

* The Chinese Boxer (1970)
* One-Armed Boxer (1971)
* Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)
* Tiger & Crane Fists (1976)
* Return of the Chinese Boxer (1977)

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