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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Yang Chiang (screenplay)
Release Date:
21 March 1973 (USA) more
Tagline:
The New Movie Sensation That's Storming the Entire World! more
Plot:
Two martial arts schools prepare for an important tournament. | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
King Boxer (Five Fingers Of Death) New UK Edition
(From LateFilmFull. 28 January 2009, 5:10 AM, PST)
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Classic Kung Fu! more (20 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 | |
| James Nam | ... | Han Lung (as Nan Kung-Hsun) | |
| Shen Chan | ... | Wan Hung-chieh | |
| Bolo Yeung | ... | Pa Tu-er, Mongolian Fighter | |
| Wen Chung Ku | ... | Sung Wu-yang | |
| Lung Yu | ... | Tu Wei | |
| Yukio Someno | ... | Oshima Shotaro (as Ran Yeh) | |
| Tse Lin Yang | ... | Sun's pupil | |
| Chi Chu Chin | ... | Chen Lang | |
| Bong-jin Jin | ... | Lu Ta-ming (as Chen Feng Chen) |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
5 Fingers of Death (USA) (poster title)
Five Fingers of Death (USA)
Hand of Death
Invincible Boxer
Iron Palm (Hong Kong: English title) (working title)
King Boxer (Hong Kong: English title) (original subtitled version)
King Boxer: Five Fingers of Death (USA) (DVD box title)
Tin ha dai yat kuen (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
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USA:104 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:18 (video rating) (1986) | UK:X (original rating) | Australia:R (2007) | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:R18 | UK:15 (re-rating) | UK:15 (re-rating) (2009) | Finland:(Banned) (1973) | USA:R | West Germany:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario)
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The English dubbed version, released through Warner Brothers, was the film that launched the craze for "kung fu" movies in the United States. more
Quotes:
Chen Lang:
There's three Japanese guys. They're waiting for you in the woods. They'll kill you.
Chao Chi-Hao:
Why are you telling me this?
Chen Lang:
I suddenly realized... what mean guys these three Japanese fighters are... and I couldn't work with them anymore.
Chao Chi-Hao:
So there is some decency left in you.
Chen Lang:
From this day on, I'm through with Ming Dung-Shun's crowd. All of 'em.
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Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) more
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This is my favourite kung fu movie. It has a very authentic flavour, seasoned by an eerie music score (of tradition chinese instruments, I think), and some wonderfully over-acted melodramatic moments contrasted by heavily affected comedy. Indeed, while attempting to create their own "Western" (i.e. Cowboy film) genre, the Chinese concocted a whole new animal, marked by kung fu fighting and its associated sound effects.
The story of Five Fingers of death is simple, a story of revenge (for killing a loved one) and the pursuit of the main character to master the "iron-fist-technique" that will enable him to wreak holy vengeance on his enemies. There is even a love interest, though the awkward, polite kind (found in most Chinese films of the period). The end result however is great and much more authentic than any Bruce Lee movie.