Boxer from Shantung (1972)

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94 min - Action | Crime | Drama - 11 February 1972 (Hong Kong)

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Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn into a world of corruption, gang warfare and evil... Where his only protection is his famed fighting technique.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Kuan Tai Chen	...	Ma Yung Chen (introducing)
	Li Ching	...	Chin Ling-tzu
	David Chiang	...	Tan Sze (guest star)
	Mario Milano	...	Russian Boxer (as Ma Lan Nu)
	Ching Tien	...	Li Tsai-chun - Champion 3 (guest star)
	Feng Ku	...	Chang Chin-fa - Champion 2
	Nan Chiang	...	Yang Shuang
	Yi Feng	...	Fan A-ken - Champion 1
	Kang-Yeh Cheng	...	Hsiao Chiang-pei
	Ching Wang	...	Lu Pu - Champion 4
	Hao Chen	...	Mr. Chin
	Shang Yun Liang
	Yan Tsan Tang
	Lao Shen	...	Innkeeper
	Wen Tai Li

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Storyline

Ma Yung Cheng leaves Shantung, trying to find better fortune in Shanghai, trusting his youth and physical valour. He meets friendship with Hsiai Chiang Pei, and love (CHING LI), and fate has him meet, and find employment with a local gangster. He defeats an undefeatable Foreign Champion, then three champions at once, only to fall into a trap set up by gangster arch-rival Yang Shuang... Written by Artemis-9

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He killed to survive...and kill again!

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Action | Crime | Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin

Release Date:

11 February 1972 (Hong Kong) See more »

Also Known As:

Le justicier de Shanghaï See more »

Company Credits

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Shaw Brothers See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min | Hong Kong: 126 min | West Germany: 76 min (heavily cut) | Germany: 126 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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Trivia

Similar to when Bruce Lee starred in Tang shan da xiong (1971), star Chen Kuan-tai was a Cantonese speaker, but Ma yong zhen was a Mandarin production. However, unlike Lee, who spoke Cantonese during shooting and was dubbed in Mandarin later on, Chen actually learned how to say his lines in Mandarin, even though he wasn't completely sure what they meant. Ironically, actor Cheung Pui San was the Mandarin voice actor for both Lee and Chen. See more »

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Featured in Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong (2003) See more »

Boxer from Shantung (1972)
Ma Yong Zhen (original title)

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