5 Fingers of Death

(aka King Boxer)

(1973)

Action

98 minutes

Directed by Chang-wha Chung

Cast:

Lieh Lo as Chao Chih-Hao

Ping Wang as Sung Ying Ying

Hsiung Chao as Okada

Chin-Feng Wang as Yen Chu Hung

Mien Fang as Sun Hsin-Pei

Feng Tien as Meng Tung-Shun

Nan Kung-Hsun as Han Lung 

Shen Chan as Wan Hung-chieh

Distributed by Warner Brothers in the United States, 5 Fingers of Death is a production of Shaw Brothers in Hong Kong.  Chang-wha Chung was the director of this martial arts action film.

A dedicated student of Chinese gong-fu, a martial art, has been selected to represent his school in a martial arts tournament.  The student, Chih-Hao, is being allowed by his teacher to train in the ‘Iron fist’ style of fighting which means he could easily kill with only one strike.

At the same time his school becomes involved in a fierce conflict with a rival school and its students and Chih-Hao’s training is disturbed, threatening to keep him out of the competition at the tournament.