''The Chinese Boxer'' (龙虎斗; also known by its international title ''The Hammer of God'') is a 1970 Hong Kong

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written, directed by and starring

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. 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

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genre away from swordsmanship and towards unarmed combat. It would prove influential to subsequent films like ''

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''. The film was followed by a 1977 sequel called '' Return of the Chinese Boxer''.

Synopsis

A Chinese boxer takes revenge on a gang of Japanese

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thugs who decimated his

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school.

Cast

as Lei Ming *

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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

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released the film on

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in Japan on 13 September 2013, and 88 Films in the UK.

References

External links

* 1970 films 1970 martial arts films Hong Kong films about revenge Hong Kong martial arts films Kung fu films 1970s Mandarin-language films Martial arts tournament films Shaw Brothers Studio films 1970s Hong Kong films {{martialart-film-stub