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.

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 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 film was followed by a 1977 sequel called Return of the Chinese Boxer.^[7]

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.^[8] Paramount Pictures released the film on Blu-ray in Japan on 13 September 2013,^[9] and 88 Films in the UK.^[10]