| The Chinese Boxer | |
| Director: | Jimmy Wang Yu |
| Producer: | Runme Shaw |
| Starring: | Jimmy Wang Yu Lo Lieh Ping Wang |
| Music: | Fu-Ling Wang |
| Cinematography: | Shan Hua |
| Editing: | Hsing-Lung Chiang |
| Studio: | Shaw Brothers |
| Distributor: | Shaw Brothers Studio |
| Country: | Hong Kong |
| Language: | Mandarin Cantonese |
| Runtime: | 85 minutes |
| Gross: | 2.076 M. HK$[1] |
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.[2] [3] [4] Tong Gaai was the action director. The Chinese Boxer was a box office success at the time of its release and resulted in a switch of emphasis within the wuxia genre away from swordsmanship and towards unarmed combat.[5] It would prove influential to subsequent films like Fist of Fury.[6]
The film was followed by a 1977 sequel called Return of the Chinese Boxer.[7]
A Chinese boxer takes revenge on a gang of Japanese karate thugs who decimated his martial arts school.
Celestial Pictures released the film on DVD.[8] Paramount Pictures released the film on Blu-ray in Japan on 13 September 2013,[9] and 88 Films in the UK.[10]