The 5 Fingers Of Death (King Boxer r天下第一拳) Remastered & Not Remastered

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The Film that inspired Chadwick Boseman's Regal Martial Arts acting performance as King T'Challa The Black Panther. King Boxer ( Chinese : 天下第一拳 ; pinyin : Tiān xià dì yī quán ; lit. 'Number One Fist in the World', released in the United States as Five Fingers of Death ) is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film produced by Shaw Brothers Studio , directed by Jeong Chang-hwa , starring Lo Lieh , and featuring fight choreography by Lau Kar-wing . [ 1 ] Released in the United States by Warner Bros. in March 1973, the film capitalized on the success of Warner's TV series Kung Fu [ 2 ] 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.-Hong Kong martial arts co-production Enter the Dragon released later that same year, which was the most successful of the chopsocky films of 1973. [ 3 ] Plot A promising young martial arts student named Chao Chi-hao has spent most of his life studying under his master Sung Wu-yang, and has fallen in love with the master's daughter Ying-ying. After Master Sung fails to properly fight off a group of thugs, he sends Chi-hao to study under a superior master, Shen Chin-pei. He instructs Chi-hao to learn from Chin-pei and defeat the local martial arts tyrant, Meng Tung-shan, in an upcoming tournament in order to earn Ying-ying's hand. Chi-hao meets a young female singer, Ms. Yen, on the road to the city and rescues her from Meng's thugs. She falls in love with him, but he resists her advances with difficulty. He reaches town and begins studying under Suen Chin-pei. After an initial beating by Chin-pei's star pupil, Han Lung, Chi-hao improves rapidly. One day, another thug of Meng's, "Iron Head" Chen Lang, breaks into the school and beats all of Chin-pei's students. Chin-pei finally arrives and fights him, but is struck by a dishonorable blow and wounded. Chi-hao tracks Chen Lang down and defeats him. When Chin-pei hears of this, he selects Chi-hao to receive his most deadly secret, the Iron Fist. Han Lung discovers that Chi-hao has been chosen as Chin-pei's successor and becomes intensely jealous. He conspires with Tung-shan to have Chi-hao crippled. He lures Chi-hao into the forest, where Tung-shan's three new Japanese thugs - Okada, Oshima, and Zaemon - ambush him. They overpower him and break his hands. Later, they visit his Master Sung's school and kill him as well. Yen helps Chi-hao recuperate and again tries to woo him, but he resists her. Finally, Chi-hao's fellow students locate him and encourage him to regain his fighting spirit. He begins training and soon overcomes his wounds. Ying-ying arrives, but withholds the news of her father's death. A rejuvenated Chi-hao successfully defeats all the other students to become Chin-pei's representative for the upcoming tournament. Han Lung returns to Tung-shan with the news, but Tung-shan's son blinds him and casts him out. On the day of the tournament, a conscience-stricken Chen Lang warns Chi-hao of the three Japanese thugs lying in ambush on the road to the arena. Chi-hao fights the thugs killing two of them. Then Chen Lang arrives and holds off the head of the Japanese thugs so that Chi-hao can get to the tournament on time. He arrives just in time and defeats Tung-shan's son to win the tournament. Tung-shan stabs and kills Chin-pei in the midst of the celebration and departs. As Tung-shan arrives back home, he discovers that all the lights are out. Han Lung appears in the darkened room and, guided by Yen's direction, fights Tung-shan and his son. Han Lung blinds the son, who is then stabbed by his father in the confusion. Tung-shan bursts out of the dark room and summons his minions who kill Han Lung and he himself kills Ms. Yen. Chi-hao arrives at Dung Shun's house, but Tung-shan flees and commits suicide by stabbing himself before Chi-hao can fight him. As he leaves, the chief Japanese thug arrives with Chen Lang's head. He and Chi-hao face off. Chi-hao uses his Iron Fist power, causing his hands to glow red, and delivers several powerful blows that send the thug smashing into a brick wall. With the thug defeated and killed, Chi-hao, Ying-ying, and Ta Ming departs. Cast Lo Lieh as Chao Chi-hao ( Chinese : 趙志豪 ; pinyin : Zhào Zhìháo ) Wang Ping as Sung Ying-ying ( 宋瑩瑩 ; Sòng Yíngyíng ) Wang Chin-feng as Ms. Yen ( 燕姑娘 ; Yàn Gūniáng ) Tien Feng as Master Meng Tung-shan ( 孟公山 ; Mèng Gōngshān ) Tung Lam as Meng Tien-siung ( 孟天雄 ; Mèng Tiānxióng ) Fang Mien as Master Suen Hsin-pei Ku Wen-Chung as Master Sung Wu-yang Nam Seok-hoon as Han Lung Yau Lung as Tu Wei Chan Shen as Wan Hung-chieh Jin Bong-jin as Lu Ta-ming Kim Ki-joo as "Iron Head" Chen Lang Chao Hsiung as Master Okada Yukio Someno as Masataro Oshima Chiang Chuen as Zaemon Bolo Yeung as “Mongol” Baatar Yang Tse-lin as Gan Music The theme song from the American television series Ironside , composed by Quincy Jones , is used as a leitmotif . Th