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Five Fingers of Death(Movie, 1972)

Original title: "天下第一拳" (Chinese (Mandarin)/ZH)
FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 44min | Genre: Action
Five Fingers of DeathRating: 3.3/5 (with 3737 votes)
King Boxer (Chinese: Tiān xià dì yī quán, lit. "Number One Fist in the World"), also known as Five Fingers of Death, is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Chung Chang-Wha (Korean: 정창화; Hanja: 鄭昌和) 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 movies with Indonesian-born actor Lo Lieh (羅烈) in the lead. He appeared in many similar martial arts film efforts from the 1960s, pre-dating the more internationally successful Bruce Lee. Released in the United States by Warner Bros. in March 1973 as Five Fingers of Death, the film capitalized on the success of Warner's TV series Kung Fu and was responsible for beginning the North American kung fu film craze of the 1970s with over 30 similar films being released in the U.S. in 1973 alone. Warner followed it with the first U.S.-Chinese Kung Fu co-production Enter the Dragon released later that same year which was the most successful... ()
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About Five Fingers of Death

A young boxer joins a martial arts school to increase his skill so he can enter a martial arts competition. He leaves the school when he hears that a local gangster is terrorizing the town. He comes to the aid of a young singer and brings on the wrath of the local gang. He eventually enters the martial arts competition after learning iron palm technique and takes out all competition.

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King Boxer (1972) HK Theatrical Trailer 2K Remastered(Trailer, 3:50)

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Additional Information

Production country: Hong Kong
Made by: Shaw Brothers
Original language: Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Spoken languages: Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Translated into 14 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 02/16/1973 (World premiere: 04/28/1972)
Cast: Lo Lieh, Wang Ping, Tien Feng, Wong Gam-Fung, Fang Mian, Ku Wen-Chung, Chao Hsiung
Director: Chang-hwa Jeong
Producer: Run Run Shaw
Screenwriter: Patrick Kong Yeung
Film Editor: Chiang Hsing-lung, Fan Kung-Wing
Director of Photography: Wong Wing-Lung
Composer: Frankie Chan
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Zhao - Der Unbesiegbare"
"Karatekuningas"
"Rautanyrkki"
"La main de fer"
"Tian xia di yi quan"
"Iron Man"
"천하제일권"
"철인-죽음의 다섯손가락"
"Niezwyciężony zawodnik"
"П'ять пальців смерті"
"5 Fingers of Death"
"Hand of Death"
"Invincible Boxer"
"King Boxer"
"King Boxer Five Fingers of Death"

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