King Boxer (1972)

Original title

天下第一拳

Directed by

Jeong Chang-hwa

Genre

drama film, action film, martial arts film

Country

British Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 117 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A martial arts student seeks revenge after his master is killed by a rival school. He trains to master a deadly striking technique and confronts the powerful enemies who threaten his dojo.

fast-pacedintenseviolentenergeticretaliatoryclassicaction-heavydramatic

What happens

King Boxer (Chinese: 天下第一拳; pinyin: Tiān xià dì yī quán; lit. 'Number One Fist in the World', released in the United States as Five Fingers of Death) is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film produced by Shaw Brothers Studio, directed by Jeong Chang-hwa, starring Lo Lieh, and featuring fight choreography by Lau Kar-wing. Released in the United States by Warner Bros. in March 1973, the film capitalized on the success of Warner's TV series Kung Fu and was responsible for beginning the North American kung fu film craze of the 1970s, with over 30 similar films being released in the U.S. in 1973 alone. Warner followed it with the first U.S.-Hong Kong martial arts co-production Enter the Dragon released later that same year, which was the most successful of the chopsocky films of 1973. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Fist of Fury (1972)
• Man of Iron (1972)
• Furious Slaughter (1972)
• The Killer (1972)
• Kung Fu, the Invisible Fist (1972)
• One Armed Boxer (1972)
• Way of the Dragon (1972)
• Bloody Duel: Life and Death (1972)