The Chinese Boxer

The Chinese Boxer is a 1970 Hong Kong martial arts film produced and distributed by Shaw Brothers Studio, directed by and starring Jimmy Wang Yu, and featuring fight choreography by Tong Kai. The film co-stars Lo Lieh and Wang Ping.
It was a considerable financial success on release, and codified Wang Yu's superstar status. It is considered the first classic in the Kung Fu film genre, centering unarmed combat in a contemporary or semi-contemporary setting, without the fantasy or period elements prevalent in wuxia. It would prove influential to subsequent films like Fist of Fury.

Plot

Lei Ming, a highly-skilled Chinese martial artist, takes revenge on a gang of Japanese karate thugs who decimated his martial arts school.

Ng See-yuen, still early in his career, was the film's assistant director and script supervisor.

The film was followed by a 1977 sequel, Return of the Chinese Boxer, also starring and directed by Jimmy Wang Yu.

Celestial Pictures released the film on DVD. Paramount Pictures released the film on Blu-ray in Japan on 13 September 2013, and 88 Films in the UK.