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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-h…
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KonCATIII
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KingBoxer