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King Boxer (Chinese: Tiān xià dì yī quán, lit. "Number One Fist in the World"), aka The Five Fingers of Death, is a 1972 martial arts film directed by Jeong Chang-hwa (鄭昌和 정창화) and starring Lo Lieh. It was produced by Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd. (Chinese: 邵氏兄弟(香港)公司), the largest Hong Kong movie production studio at the time. The script was written by Chiang Yang (江陽). Made in Hong Kong, it is one of many kung fu-themed movies with Lo Lieh (羅烈) in the lead. He appeared in many similar efforts from the 1960s, pre-dating the more internationally successful Bruce Lee.
Original Release
05/26/1972
US Release
03/21/1973
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lieh Lo | Chao Chih-Hao |
Ping Wang | Sung Ying Ying |
Hsiung Chao | Okada |
Chin-Feng Wang | Yen Chu Hung |
Mien Fang | Sun Hsin-Pei |
Feng Tien | Meng Tung-Shun / Master Meng Tung-Shan |
Seok-hoon Nam | Han Lung |
Shen Chan | Wan Hung-chieh |
Bolo Yeung | Pa Tu-er, Mongolian Fighter / Hercules Ba To Er |
Wen-Chung Ku | Sung Wu-yang / Master Sung Wu-Yang |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lieh Lo | Chao Chih-Hao |
Ping Wang | Sung Ying Ying |
Hsiung Chao | Okada |
Chin-Feng Wang | Yen Chu Hung |
Mien Fang | Sun Hsin-Pei |
Feng Tien | Meng Tung-Shun / Master Meng Tung-Shan |
Seok-hoon Nam | Han Lung |
Shen Chan | Wan Hung-chieh |
Bolo Yeung | Pa Tu-er, Mongolian Fighter / Hercules Ba To Er |
Wen-Chung Ku | Sung Wu-yang / Master Sung Wu-Yang |
Lung Yu | Tu Wei |
Yukio Someno | Oshima Shotaro |
Tse Lin Yang | Sun's pupil |
Ki-Ju Kim | Chen Lang |
Bong-jin Jin | Lu Ta-ming |
Hsing-Chung Hung | Inn-keeper |
Chuan Chen | Wan's henchman / Tournament Fighter/Meng's Pupil |
Chuen Chiang | Zaemon |
Shao-Lin Chiang | |
Hsieh-Su Fung |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Run Run Shaw | Producer |
Sang-ok Shin | Producer |