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Writer:
Yang Chiang (screenplay)
Release Date:
21 March 1973 (USA)
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Tagline:
The New Movie Sensation That's Storming the Entire World! more
Plot:
Two martial arts schools prepare for an important tournament. | add synopsis
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Martial Arts
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Tournament
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Hand
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Juggling
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NewsDesk:
King Boxer (Five Fingers Of Death) New UK Edition
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Classic Kung Fu!
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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) |
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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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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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Runtime:
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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Trivia:
The English dubbed version, released through Warner Brothers, was the film that launched the craze for "kung fu" movies in the United States.
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Quotes:
Meng Tien-hsiun:
Mister Wan, what can I do for you?
Wan Hung-chieh: Well now, our young master loves singing. He'd enjoy your company.
Meng Tien-hsiun: I've never met your master. How can you *suggest* such a thing?
Wan Hung-chieh: [chuckles] I'll introduce you. Now you just come along with me.
Meng Tien-hsiun: I'm sorry, I can't go.
Wan Hung-chieh: Oh, I *see*, so you want it the *hard* way.
[begins pulling her along by her arm]
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Wan Hung-chieh: Well now, our young master loves singing. He'd enjoy your company.
Meng Tien-hsiun: I've never met your master. How can you *suggest* such a thing?
Wan Hung-chieh: [chuckles] I'll introduce you. Now you just come along with me.
Meng Tien-hsiun: I'm sorry, I can't go.
Wan Hung-chieh: Oh, I *see*, so you want it the *hard* way.
[begins pulling her along by her arm]
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Martial Arts Mayhem Vol. 1 (1996) (V)
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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.