The Chinese Boxer
| The Chinese Boxer | |
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| Directed by | Jimmy Wang Yu |
| Written by | Jimmy Wang Yu |
| Produced by | Runme Shaw |
| Starring | Jimmy Wang Yu Lo Lieh Ping Wang |
| Cinematography | Shan Hua |
| Edited by | Hsing-Lung Chiang |
| Music by | Fu-Ling Wang |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Shaw Brothers Studio |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Languages | Mandarin Cantonese |
| Box office | 2.076 M. HK$ |
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. 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. It would prove influential to subsequent films like Fist of Fury.
The film was followed by a 1977 sequel called Return of the Chinese Boxer.