The Chinese Boxer

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. Tong Gaai was the action director. The Chinese Boxer was a box office success at the time of its release and is currently considered the first classic in the non-wuxia, Kung Fu genre, or specifically the unarmed combat martial art films that center more on training and prowess than fantasy/adventure. It would prove influential to subsequent films like Fist of Fury. 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 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